The event on Tuesday was originally scheduled to be held in Portland, but organizers decided they needed a venue that could accommodate a large crowd.
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Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Rockland man who said voices told him to shoot up a school is charged with terrorizing
Brando Luzzi lived across the street from an elementary school when he threatened a school shooting.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: As Maine districts step up security, school resource officers should be ready for the ordinary
Students who act out often need help that law enforcement isn’t trained to provide.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Observer: Drilling for what was once unthinkable
A teacher ponders the implications during a ‘code red’ drill aimed at rehearsing for the day an active shooter calls.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine, national gun-control advocates: Court nominee’s radical views on gun laws ignore need to protect citizens
Brett Kavanaugh’s record shows he’s far outside the mainstream and in direct opposition to the values and principles of most Mainers.
Posted inNation & World
Suspected Florida gunman had history of mental illness
David Katz was twice hospitalized in psychiatric units, according to his parents’ divorce filings.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: No, Secretary DeVos, guns aren’t school supplies
Arming teachers with federal funds intended to enhance learning is misguided and dangerous.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Education secretary considering using federal money to buy guns for schools
The Education Department is pondering whether to allow states to use money available through some grants to buy firearms.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World, News, Politics
Utah graduate assistant warns students carrying firearms that they must stand on ‘3×3 taped square’
The educator is reassigned after referring to concealed carry as ‘absurd, antisocial, and frightening.’
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Man wanted for fleeing Maine State Police dies in shootout with New Hampshire officers
Douglas Heath, 38, who was wanted on several outstanding warrants, crashed a car in Rochester and exchanged gunfire with officers before being fatally shot, the N.H. Attorney General’s Office says.