Attorney General Aaron Frey is appealing U.S. District Judge Lance Walker’s order from last week, which suspended a new waiting period law for buying firearms.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Maine Crime, News
As shootings become part of the backdrop of Lewiston, the city is trying to come to grips with a growing problem
Data from the Lewiston Police Department show gun violence over the last six years has take a dramatic upturn.
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Posted inMaine, Politics
How Maine’s novel ‘yellow flag’ law endured after the Lewiston mass shooting
Maine’s law is a compromise rooted in a tradition of gun rights that crosses the political aisle.
Posted inNation / World
Ghost guns, transgender care on Supreme Court agenda as election looms
Last term was marked by blockbuster rulings on the scope of former president Donald Trump’s immunity from prosecution and place on the 2024 ballot, as well as federal agency power, social media regulation and abortion pills.
Posted inElection 2024, Maine
How Jared Golden and Austin Theriault actually disagree
On issues from abortion to Ukraine, the two 2nd District congressional hopefuls differ on what should be done.
Posted inMaine, News
At Augusta gun show, dealers criticize waiting period law that goes into effect next month
Organizers of the show, believed to be the last before a new 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases goes into effect in August, said proceeds would go toward funding a legal challenge of the law.
Posted inNation / World, News
Supreme Court upholds gun law protecting domestic violence victims
The case had been closely watched for its potential to affect cases in which other gun ownership laws have been called into question.
Posted inNation / World, News
Supreme Court strikes down ban on bump stocks, used in nation’s deadliest mass shooting
Maine Gov. Janet Mills vetoed a state-level ban on bump stocks earlier this year, one of several gun law reforms passed in the wake of the October mass shooting in Lewiston.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Windham Weaponry reopens with gun orders strong, co-owner says
A year after its founder’s death, the manufacturer of AR-15-style rifles has relaunched and its new owners are looking forward to rising sales.
Posted inNation / World, Politics
Tennessee lawmakers pass bill to allow armed teachers, a year after deadly Nashville shooting
Members of the public who oppose the bill harangued Republican lawmakers after the vote, leading House Speaker Cameron Sexton to order the galleries cleared.