Maine gun rights groups challenge new firearm waiting period law
Lawmakers passed the bill in response to the Lewiston mass shootings, and it took effect in August.
Gun violence prevention groups brace for Trump to keep promise of 'concealed carry reciprocity'
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to move back to the White House, he has said he will keep his promise to sign a ...
Maine Gun Safety Coalition collects signatures for new 'red flag' gun law
Members of the Maine Gun Safety Coalition argue a red flag law could've prevented the Lewiston mass shooting, which left 18 ...
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Gun groups sue to overturn Maine’s new three-day waiting period to buy firearms
Maine is one of a dozen states that have a waiting periods for gun purchases. The District of Columbia also has one. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills allowed Maine's restriction to become law without ...
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Gun rights advocates file lawsuit against Maine's 3-day waiting period law for firearm purchases
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Bangor asserts that the new law needlessly delays exercising of the 2nd Amendment ...
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Second Amendment enthusiast Trump has little new to say on guns
Public opinion polling about American gun laws is nuanced, but majorities have favored stricter measures since 2015 in Gallup polling. That consensus, however, has yet to result in meaningful ...
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Massachusetts has new gun law in effect. What does it do, and how do you get a firearm?
BOSTON — A new gun law banning untraceable "ghost guns" and enhancing the "Red Flag Law" went into effect earlier this month when Gov. Maura Healey signed an "emergency preamble" enacting it ...
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A year after Maine’s worst mass shooting, what happened to gun reform?
“The time has now come for me to take responsibility for this failure ... For advocates who had struggled for years to enact tighter gun laws, Golden’s statement resonated both because ...