The Maine Attorney General’s Office has joined 19 other states in challenging the Trump administration’s decision to allow the firearms to be regulated by the Department of Commerce rather than the State Department.
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Virginia Democrats reject expanding firearms rights a day after gun-rights rally
Among the defeated bills was one that would have allowed Virginians to carry concealed weapons without a permit and to bring firearms into places of worship.
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Judge orders Alex Jones to pay $100,000 in Sandy Hook case
Jones is being sued for defamation in Texas by the parents of a 6-year-old who was among those killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.
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New Zealanders hand in 50,000 guns after assault weapons ban
Owners also modify 2,700 firearms to make them legally compliant.
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Maine Voices: In today’s classrooms, educators’ focus turns to keeping students alive
Teachers are taking lessons, and they’re on preparing for mass shootings, binding wounds and recognizing signs of abuse.
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Gun background checks on pace to break record in 2019
On Black Friday alone, the FBI ran 202,465 checks.
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Legislative leaders reject latest round of Maine gun-control measures
The Maine chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America faults top lawmakers for not allowing consideration of any of the 7 bills in the session that begins in January.
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Texas police officer charged with murder in shooting of woman in her home
The city is still reeling from an earlier fatal shooting involving a white officer and a black victim, and local leaders have called for a probe of the department after Atatiana Jefferson was shot through her window.
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Road rage leaves 2-year-old with gunshot wound in Baltimore
The boy was in ‘somewhat stable condition’ Saturday and was expected to survive, police say.
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Maine bird hunter dies from unintentional, self-inflicted gunshot wound
Game wardens in Maine say they’re investigating the death of Mark Henderson of Eustis, who accidentally shot himself in the leg.