The 72-hour waiting period endangers women in urgent need of self-defense and causes economic damage to rural communities.

AUGUSTA, Maine (WGME) -- A Republican lawmaker wants to get rid of Maine’s 72-hour waiting period to buy a gun. The law ...

Republican lawmakers in Maine are advocating for the repeal of the state's 72-hour waiting period for firearm purchases.

The Maine Gun Safety Coalition says it collected more than 80,000 signatures for a bill that would allow family members to ...

The repeal bill comes as gun rights advocates have filed a federal lawsuit in Maine seeking to overturn the new law, which went into effect in August, on grounds it is unnecessary and ...

Gun safety advocates turned in petitions Thursday to force a November referendum on a red flag law that would make it easier ...

July 11 -- There need be no further doubt as to the attitude of the Maine Commission of Inland Fisheries or Game on the subject of restricting or prohibiting the carrying of firearms into the ...

Last week, the Press Herald editorial board published a piece lambasting Republicans and the “gun ... bill to go into law without her signature. With the implementation of waiting periods in ...

Gun rights advocacy groups in Maine are taking legal action to challenge and overturn a newly implemented 72-hour waiting period for firearm purchases, claiming it infringes on constitutional rights.