AUBURN — Edward Little High School students Leah Burtchell and Miranda Chadbourne, both 15, have had it with students dying in school shootings. They and other students across Maine are joining forces with Parkland, Florida, high school students David Hogg and Emma Gonzalez, who are demanding stricter gun laws while also taking on the National […]
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How states with loose oversight export crime guns nationwide
The school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that claimed the lives of 17 children and educators has sparked a renewed interest in gun-control legislation in statehouses across the country. Just this week, Florida legislators approved the state’s first major gun-control package in more than 20 years, defying opposition from gun-rights groups like the National Rifle Association. […]
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Shawn Moody draws attention for saying a fire extinguisher could fend off gunmen
AUGUSTA — A Republican candidate for governor in Maine was drawing national media attention Tuesday for telling a Maine radio show this week that public school staff could use fire extinguishers to disable a would-be school shooter. Shawn Moody, of Gorham, the founder of Moody’s Collision Centers, made the comments to Bangor-based WVOM radio station […]
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Never enough security to guarantee safety in Maine schools
In the state’s newest high school, now going up in Sanford, the hallways don’t offer any place for a shooter to hide. Classroom doors lock from the inside. And when the school opens later this year, 100 cameras mounted throughout the building can be monitored remotely by police two miles away. That’s how schools are […]