Stymied in the Maine Legislature, gun control activists hope voters ...
2 days ago · After multiple failed attempts in the legislature, the Maine Gun Safety Coalition on Thursday submitted more than 80,000 signatures in the hopes that voters will pass a red flag law to take guns away from dangerous people.. If passed, Maine would join 21 other states with extreme risk protection order laws, most of which allow family members to petition a judge to confiscate firearms from a ...
Advocates submit more than 80K signatures for red flag law …
2 days ago · AUGUSTA, Maine — An effort to enact a red flag law in Maine is moving closer to landing on November's ballot. On Thursday, advocates with the Maine Gun Safety Coalition submitted more than 80,000 signatures in support of a citizens' initiative for an extreme risk protection order law. If ...
Gun safety groups deliver signatures to place red flag law on …
3 days ago · A red flag law allows family members to directly petition a judge to temporarily limit someone’s access to firearms when they are in crisis. Washington, D.C. and 21 states have red flag laws, but Maine is the only state with a “yellow flag” version, which only permits law enforcement to confiscate firearms, and requires a mental health ...
Maine Gun Safety Coalition submits signatures for new 'red flag' …
2 days ago · Under a “red flag” law, the Maine Gun Safety Coalition says both family members and law enforcement have more tools to intervene quickly before a crisis becomes a tragedy.
Gun safety advocates turn in signatures to force fall referendum on red …
2 days ago · The referendum campaign is the latest step by Maine gun safety advocates to try and implement a red flag law, also known as an extreme risk protection order, in the wake of the mass shooting in ...
Maine Democrats make last-minute push for 'red flag' gun law
Mar 29, 2024 · Republicans have described the bill as a late-session ambush designed to catch gun rights groups and the public off guard. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, who helped broker the 2019 compromise that yielded Maine’s current firearms confiscation law — colloquially referred to as a “yellow flag” — has said nothing about it, at least not yet.
Maine 'red flag' law proposed again in wake of mass shooting
Mar 28, 2024 · AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine lawmakers racing toward adjournment are going to consider a so-called “red flag” law allowing family members to petition a judge for temporary removal of guns, thanks to an 11th-hour bill introduced by the house leader.
Maine gun safety advocates launch citizen initiative to pass ‘red flag ...
Sep 19, 2024 · The Maine Gun Safety Coalition and allies launched a citizen initiative on Thursday to pass a “red flag” law after the state commission tasked with investigating the Lewiston mass shooting concluded that local law enforcement failed to enforce the state’s current “yellow flag” law.
'Red flag' bill debated for hours in Maine months after mass …
Apr 5, 2024 · Months after Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, state lawmakers held an hourslong hearing Friday to debate a so-called red flag bill that would let family members petition a judge to remove guns from someone experiencing a psychiatric crisis.
Here’s the final list of gun reforms passed in the aftermath of Maine…
Apr 18, 2024 · Of the many proposed gun safety reforms introduced in the aftermath of Maine’s deadliest mass shooting last fall, several are headed to Gov. Janet Mills’ desk for her signature. However, the most ambitious reform, a proposed red flag law, never made it to a final vote.