gun control
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PublishedMay 7, 2018
Oliver North named new president of National Rifle Association
North, a central figure in the Iran-Contra scandal in the 1980s, gives the gun lobby some needed star power.
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PublishedMay 4, 2018
Trump embraces NRA agenda in campaign-style speech to members
Although a Florida high school massacre led the president to flirt briefly with gun restrictions, on Friday he allied himself with the group that spent more money on his behalf than did any outside group in 2016.
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PublishedApril 25, 2018
Seven governors announce regional gun violence consortium
Six East Coast states and Puerto Rico aim to make progress on gun control policy where the federal government has faltered.
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PublishedApril 24, 2018
NRA receives record haul of donations in wake of Parkland shootings
The gun rights organization says it's Political Victory Fund raised $2.4 million in March, setting a 21st-century fundraising record for the group in the month after a gunman killed 17 people at a Florida high school.
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PublishedApril 23, 2018
Waffle House suspect’s guns had been seized, then returned
His firearms were taken from Travis Reinking, who has suffered from delusions since 2014, only after he showed up at the White House to try to talk to President Trump.
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PublishedApril 20, 2018
North Yarmouth Academy students walk out of school to protest gun violence
The student-led walkout in Yarmouth was part of a nationwide effort held on the 19th anniversary of the fatal Columbine High School shootings.
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PublishedApril 20, 2018
Letter to the editor: Military-style weapons are only to kill people
I’ve been a gun owner since age 11, when my father bought me a .22-caliber rifle. Recently, there was a countrywide march of gun owners, protesting possible restrictions on having guns. Congratulations for standing up for your rights. However, the right to own guns is not being threatened. During the 232 years of our country, […]
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PublishedApril 20, 2018
Letter to the editor: Newtown Foundation turns guns into tools
In response to “Yarmouth mulls gun collection event” (April 12, Page B1), I wish to inform readers of a new program being promoted by the Newtown (Connecticut) Foundation, an all-volunteer nonprofit that was organized following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012. The foundation’s Swords to Plowshares program procures guns that have been taken […]
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PublishedApril 19, 2018
What’s left in limbo: Rundown of major unfinished business as 2018 legislative session ends
Here is a recap of some of the major issues debated in the Legislature this year, where they currently stand and their prospects going forward.
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PublishedApril 19, 2018
From Medicaid expansion to pot sales, partisan stalemate in Augusta leaves key issues unresolved
A late-night impasse over adjournment has members of the 128th Maine Legislature vehemently blaming political opponents, with time running out and the fate of unfinished legislation unclear.
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