Republicans are asking for a public hearing on their competing plan. Maine voters will decide this fall whether to enact a red flag law in Maine. The law allows a judge to bypass ...

Maine Republicans, red flag opponents want to give voters another referendum option. A proposal unveiled Tuesday for a competing measure on the November ballot would make changes to the existing ...

Maine lawmakers passed a “yellow flag” law that requires police to seek a medical evaluation for anyone believed to be a threat before taking their guns away. Skip Navigation.

A red-flag law making it easier to seize weapons from a dangerous person might have stopped the mass killings in Lewiston, Maine, experts said in interviews.

Maine considered a red flag law in 2019. Gov. Janet Mills helped negotiate a compromise bill with the Sportsmen’s Alliance of Maine, a powerful gun rights lobbying group representing gun owners.

A mass shooting in Maine has revived a conversation about laws that aim to take firearms away from people who might pose a threat to themselves or others. Maine lawmakers passed a “yellow flag” law ...

It will soon be up to Maine voters whether or not they want to implement a red flag law. The Maine Gun Safety Coalition says ...

But the most obvious need, a “red flag” law allowing families as well as police to petition for gun removal, fell by the wayside. It’s important to recall how that happened.

Though signatures still need to be verified, it appears Maine voters will decide two initiated referendum questions this year concerning voting and firearms safety. Both petition drives were ...

Jun. 11—AUGUSTA — Supporters of a fall ballot measure that would make it easier to temporarily take firearms from people in crisis told lawmakers Wednesday that the proposal would improve ...

[Images: Maine.gov] In 1909 Maine adopted its current flag depicting the state’s coat of arms on a blue field, which is what vexillologists refer to as a “seal on a bedsheet,” to replace its ...