The bill is one of 2 measures that aim to separate potentially dangerous people from their guns – but by different processes.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Safety training would be better than trigger lock law
We don’t make parents lock up their car keys or liquor cabinets because we expect them to keep their children safe.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Court rejects challenge to regulation of gun silencers
The Supreme Court rejected the challenge just days after a gunman used one in a shooting rampage that killed 12 people in Virginia.
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Another View: Detestable ex-deputy’s arrest over Parkland inaction looks political, problematic
It’s a dangerous legal stretch to suggest that Scot Peterson was criminally negligent at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics, Schools and Education
March For Our Lives fuels youth activism in Maine
Deering High School students rally against gun violence as the national March For Our Lives movement takes hold in Maine high schools.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Proposed alternative to ‘red flag’ gun bill draws broad support
Both the original and a compromise proposal seek to keep firearms from people who pose a threat.
Posted inNation & World, News
Florida deputy arrested on 11 charges for inaction during Parkland shooting
Scot Peterson faces child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury charges that carry a potential prison sentence of nearly 100 years.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Parkland shooting survivor joins Maine teens in push to pass gun bills ‘before it is too late’
David Hogg, co-founder of March for Our Lives, visited Augusta and Portland on Tuesday as part a national tour pushing for passage of ‘common sense, life-saving gun reforms.’
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Any gun bill compromise would be a bad deal
Republicans should stand their ground and fight any initiative that would enable the confiscation of firearms.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Maine Legislature heading into crunch time
Majority Democrats in Augusta are moving major pieces of legislation that will push the state further to the left.