The chief executives of Levi Strauss, Twitter, Reddit and others urge expansion of background checks to all gun sales and stronger ‘red flag’ laws.
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Outdoors in Maine: Breaking down Maine's gun laws
When it comes to the legality of openly carrying a handgun in Maine, or concealing that handgun, questions abound. When is it legal to carry a loaded, concealed handgun? Is a permit required? Is there a legal distinction between so-called open carry and concealed carry? How do you get a permit? What if you are […]
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Posted inMaine, sj-web
Maine lawmakers to decide whether to tackle gun bills
AUGUSTA – State House leaders are expected Tuesday to decide whether to allow emergency bills to boost security at public schools and ban bump stocks in Maine to move forward after a school shooter in Florida this month killed 17 people. The bills, one offered by Rep. Scott Hamann, D-South Portland, and the other offered […]
Posted inLetters, sj-web
Shootings could happen here
Gun safety laws don’t take rifles away from hunters. Gun safety laws could and should take semi-automatic killing machines away from people who want to kill people. No one who wants gun safety laws is suggesting bundling hunting rifles in with semi-automatic killing machines. The shootings that have happened in other states could well happen […]
Posted inOp-Eds, sj-web
Nothing in the Constitution prevents sensible gun rules
By Cass Sunstein Bloomberg View The use of the Second Amendment, to block consideration of sensible gun control measures, is a national disgrace. And conservatives themselves have explained why this is true. For decades, conservatives have objected to the use of constitutional provisions as a political weapon, insisting that controversies should be resolved in democratic […]
Posted inLetters, sj-web
Gun lobby money
According to pic.twitter.com/88eKOxhser, the 20 top recipients of gun lobby money are all Republicans (and, yes, I did fact check that). Does that make anyone question why Congress cannot get any laws or policies passed to prohibit assault rifles, bump stocks and other guns that should only be used in military situations and not the […]
Posted inLetters
Common sense needed with guns
“Guns don’t kill people. People kill people.” I am tired of that old saw. People don’t kill people by spitting on them. There are other means, but they are less effective and immediate. It is not only the homicides that could be lowered, but the suicides and “accidentals” that could be lowered if a gun […]