Here are the cases to watch.
gun laws
Posted inNation & World, News
Supreme Court to decide if some judges have gone too far in striking down gun restrictions
Lower courts are also considering challenges to states’ bans on the sale of so-called assault weapons and large-capacity magazines.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Once again, gun rights win out over everything else
The Maine Senate missed an opportunity to make the state a little safer by implementing background checks on private firearm sales.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Maine Senate rejects House-backed bill to ban bump stocks, other gun modifications
The House voted 76-66 to pass the bill Thursday, but Friday’s vote in the Senate likely means it’s dead.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Maine House rejects 72-hour waiting period for firearm sales
The 73-69 vote shows the difficulty of passing gun legislation in Maine, which has a strong hunting heritage and tradition of gun ownership.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
House Republicans pass resolution to overturn new federal gun rule
The Biden administration rule, which tightens regulations on stabilizing braces for firearms, took effect June 1.
Posted inNation & World, News
Mother of child who shot teacher pleads guilty to using marijuana while having a firearm
Deja Taylor is accused of lying about her marijuana use on a form when she bought the gun, which her son later used to shoot Abby Zwerner in her classroom in Newport News, Virginia.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News, Politics
Maine steps up use of yellow flag law to seize weapons from those in crisis
The law went into effect in 2020, but it wasn’t widely used until the state signed a contract to make the necessary medical opinions available via telehealth.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Massachusetts assault weapons ban targeted in federal suit
The National Association for Gun Rights looks to overturn the 1998 ban, which became a permanent law in 2004.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Douglas Rooks: Despite what you hear, guns do not equal freedom
Since the 1970s, I’ve written editorials about what was then called “gun control.” In recent years, I largely passed over the subject. Back then, it was unthinkable elementary school kids could be gunned down in a classroom, Bible classes and synagogues profaned, or that shopping malls, cinemas, restaurants and music festivals would see mass killing […]