The man denied having a gun and officers found it only after asking the 4-year-old child where it was.
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TSA confiscated more than 6,500 guns from passengers last year
The number of firearms found at New England airports rose from 40 in 2021 to 46 last year.
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Jared Golden earns support from gun rights advocates
In 2nd District race, Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine gives Golden an A+ and challenger Bruce Poliquin an A.
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House passes semi-automatic gun ban after 18-year lapse
Almost all Republicans voted against the bill, which passed 217-213. Maine Rep. Jared Golden was among the few Democrats who voted no.
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Gun makers have sold AR-15-style guns as a sign of manhood as shootings rise
The industry has taken in more than $1 billion from selling the weapons, which have been used in mass shootings, over the last decade.
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Maine Voices: Beware excess moderation on guns
Even Aristotle, who taught ‘everything in moderation,’ understood that outrage can be more virtuous than a lack of human feeling.
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‘It’s hard to give it up, but I don’t want it to get into the wrong hands,’ says gun owner at Waterville’s ‘gun giveback’ event
The Waterville Police Department teamed up with the Maine Gun Safety Coalition on Saturday to accept firearms and ammunition from people who wanted to safely dispose of them.
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Maine Voices: America’s gun laws contribute to bloodshed abroad
Gun ownership is tightly restricted in Mexico, but guns smuggled across the border from the U.S. make crime there more deadly.
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Police waited as children inside Texas school called 911 begging for help
The commander at the scene in Uvalde believed that 18-year-old gunman was barricaded inside adjoining classrooms at Robb Elementary School and that children were no longer at risk.
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Pittston felon caught with meth and guns pleads guilty to trafficking
Maine Drug Enforcement Agency agents arranged to buy drugs from another man whom they pulled over in a car driven by Tyrel Cox in 2020.