Maine’s senior U.S. senator, who was a member of a bipartisan committee that negotiated the tentative agreement, says, ‘I really think we have to succeed this time, and I think we will succeed.’
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Maine’s ‘yellow flag’ gun safety law still a work in progress
The 2019 law allowing police to temporarily confiscate weapons from people deemed to be dangerous to themselves or others has had limited impact because it requires a medical assessment that hospitals are hesitant to provide.
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House approves ‘red flag’ gun bill unlikely to pass Senate
Rep. Jared Golden of Maine was the only Democrat to vote against the measure, which would allow families and police to ask federal courts to remove firearms from people believed to be at risk of harming themselves or others.
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Recent mass shootings expose divisions on guns in faith communities
The recent surge of mass shootings in America has led to debates in faith communities over what is “pro-life.”
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Families of Uvalde, Buffalo victims to testify in Congress
Parents of victims and survivors of the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde will appear before a House committee next week as Congress debates gun measures.
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Senate Republicans block domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate
Sen. Susan Collins is among the no votes as Democrats’ first attempt at responding to recent back-to-back mass shootings has failed in the Senate.
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Sen. Susan Collins joins push for gun safety legislation
She is suggesting Congress enact legislation similar to Maine’s yellow flag gun law, which allows police, with the approval of a medical professional, to temporarily take guns from people who are in danger of hurting themselves or others.
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After Texas shooting, Republicans face online anger over NRA money
The NRA is planning its national convention in Houston on Friday, 4 hours from Uvalde, with former President Donald Trump, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz expected to speak.
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Onlookers urged police to charge into Texas school, where gunman’s rampage killed 19 children, 2 teachers
About 30 minutes before the bloodbath, the gunman made 3 social media posts, 2 related to shooting his grandmother, and 1 that he was going to shoot up an elementary school.
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U.S. gun laws are getting looser, not stronger, despite more mass shootings
In recent weeks, a string of devastating shootings — at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, a church in Laguna Woods, California, and now an elementary school in little Uvalde, Texas — has renewed calls for tighter gun restrictions. Just hours after a teenage gunman killed at least 19 children and two adults at […]