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The Maine legislature on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday approved several sweeping gun control measures, including increased waiting periods, background checks, expansion of court-ordered firearm ...
A subsequent Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives trace of the weapon hit a dead end at a private sale at a Maine gun show. “There’s no documentation, no bill of sale, no ...
Maine bill banning BB guns, replica firearms in schools draws controversy. Associated Press. Published February 4, 2014 2:07am EST | Updated December 20, 2015 7:37pm EST.
In addition, Democratic state Senator Peggy Rotundo, who sponsored the bill, noted that 50 percent of Maine's 277 suicides in 2021 involved a firearm. The measure also comes as increased gun ...
Gun safety steps taken Thursday came hours after Maine’s Senate agreed to a 72-hour waiting period on gun purchases. The governor will review that bill as well as another that would ban bump stocks.
House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland, is sponsoring the bill, L.D. 168, and has argued that the lack of background checks makes Maine a destination for criminal gun purchases. Advertisement ...
AUGUSTA, Maine (WGME) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill into law on Friday that expands background checks, makes changes to the “yellow flag” law, and strengthens the state's mental ...
AUGUSTA — On a 21-14 vote, a bill allowing handgun owners to carry concealed weapons without permits gained approval in the Maine Senate on Thursday. The bill, LD 652, sponsored by state Sen ...
AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - Maine Senators have chosen not to pass a bill that would require a background check on private gun sales. The vote was 13-21. The bill narrowly passed in the House on ...
Private gun transactions require no background checks and little paperwork, and they are almost impossible to trace.