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Maine Voices, Opinion

Maine Voices: What’s more important, your AR-15 or your kid?

by Steve Kaagan Special to the Press Herald April 2, 2023April 2, 2023

Americans do not value life. Our ongoing failure to put children over gun ownership makes that clear.

Cops & Courts, Maine

Canada highlights border failures after Maine guns were used in 2020 mass shooting

by Gillian Graham March 30, 2023March 31, 2023

Three of the guns used in Canada’s deadliest mass shooting came from Maine. A commission studying the shooting said border officials failed to communicate their concerns about the suspect.

Nation & World, News

911 recordings show terror at Nashville school during attack

by KIMBERLEE KRUESI and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press March 30, 2023March 30, 2023

The release of the recordings came as people protested at the Tennessee Capitol in favor of tighter gun controls, haranguing the Republican-led Legislature to take action following the school shooting.

Nation & World, News

Nashville looks to vigil for solace after school shooting

by TRAVIS LOLLER and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press March 29, 2023March 29, 2023

Authorities have not yet determined the shooter’s motive but said the victims were not specifically targeted.

Nation & World, News

American icon: The gun that divides a nation

by Todd C. Frankel, Shawn Boburg, Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker and Alex Horton The Washington Post March 29, 2023March 29, 2023

The AR-15 thrives in times of tension and tragedy. This is how it came to dominate the marketplace – and loom so large in the American psyche.

Nation & World, News

Bans on high-capacity magazines could save lives. Will they hold up in court?

by Mark Berman and Todd C. Frankel The Washington Post March 29, 2023March 29, 2023

Many modern gunmakers ship their AR-style rifles with larger magazines. These magazines have been popular with a particular subgroup: America’s mass shooters.

Nation & World, News

Nashville shooter fired indiscriminately at victims, police say

by JONATHAN MATTISE, TRAVIS LOLLER and HOLLY MEYER Associated Press March 28, 2023March 29, 2023

Nashville police release video from a body-worn camera that shows a team of officers entering and searching an elementary school where 3 children and 3 adults were killed in a mass shooting.

Nation & World, News

Republican congressman from Nashville district says he’s ‘heartbroken’ by shooting

by Mariana Alfaro The Washington Post March 27, 2023March 27, 2023

After news of the shooting broke, Rep. Andrew Ogles said in a statement that he and his family ‘are devastated by the tragedy that took place at The Covenant School in Nashville this morning.’