The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a challenge to a 1994 law prohibiting people facing domestic violence restraining orders from having guns.
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Posted inMaine, News
Mainers rally in Augusta for stricter gun laws
Maine’s gun laws are currently under a national microscope, with questions about how Robert Card, who had been treated for mental illness, was allowed to purchase assault weapons.
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Posted inNation & World, News
U.S. Supreme Court to review ‘bump stock’ ban in new gun case
The justices are already considering the constitutionality of a federal law that bars firearms possession by people who are subject to a domestic violence restraining order.
Posted inNation & World, News
This is one loophole in efforts to block gun sales to the mentally ill
Analysis: In the 25 years since the federal background check system was implemented, about 77,000 applications for firearms purchases were denied because the applicant had an ‘adjudicated mental health’ issue.
Posted inCops & Courts, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Auburn man denies federal gun charges
Anthony Jones is accused of making three so-called “strawman” purchases of guns from licensed dealers on behalf of other people.
Posted inNation & World, News
Connecticut enacts its most sweeping gun control law since Sandy Hook
Immediately after it was passed, the law was challenged in court by gun rights supporters. Connecticut’s landmark 2013 gun law, passed in response to the 2012 elementary school shooting in Newtown that claimed 26 lives, is also being contested in court.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Too many lives are lost to gun violence. That’s a fact, not a fear tactic.
Maine gun safety advocates support laws that do not jeopardize the rights of law-abiding citizens to purchase a firearm.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Crack down on criminals, not on gun ownership
Maine lawmakers reject gun control bills because they understand the impact they could have on their constituents.
Posted inNation & World
New Mexico governor amends order suspending right to carry firearms to focus on parks, playgrounds
At least a half dozen lawsuits are challenging provisions of the governor’s original order.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News, Politics
Maine’s gun laws couldn’t stop 2 deadly shootings this year. Are more laws the answer?
Violent incidents in Bowdoin and Westbrook have been used by advocates on both sides of the gun control debate to argue that the current laws don’t work as intended.