For U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, a Maine Democrat, a measure approved by the House on Wednesday to allow people to carry concealed weapons in states that restrict them is “absolutely sickening” given the “never-ending current” of mass shootings in America. But her Republican counterpart, 2nd District Republican Bruce Poliquin, called it instead “a common-sense fix […]
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Portrait of Bonny Eagle senior with his gun won’t be in high school yearbook
Bonny Eagle High School has refused to publish a senior yearbook photo because it shows the student holding a shotgun. “So here’s what I wanted to have as my senior picture but was informed, ‘No you can’t put something like that in the yearbook,’ ” Wade Gelinas wrote in a Facebook post Tuesday that featured […]
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'Hundreds and hundreds' attend Lewiston gun show
Dana Hodgdon and his son, Tyler, 12, of Norway, came to the Ramada Inn in Lewiston on Saturday to look for deals at J.T. Reid’s Gun Show, which will continue Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. LEWISTON — When talk began about banning bump stocks, used by a shooter who killed 58 people and […]
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Las Vegas aftermath: 3 of 4 of Maine delegation favor bump stock ban
Since 1970, more Americans have died from guns – 1.5 million – than Americans who died in all the wars – 1.2 million — according to published reports. Three members of Maine’s congressional delegation, U.S. Sen. Angus King and U.S. Reps. Bruce Poliquin and Chellie Pingree, favor a ban on bump stocks, devices allow semi-automatic weapons […]
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People on the street: Should bump stocks be banned?
Since 1970, more Americans have died from guns – 1.5 million – than Americans who died in all the wars – 1.2 million — according to published reports. On Monday, we asked people if they favor a ban on bump stocks, devices that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly, and if that will be enough. Their answers […]
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Democrats charge Bruce Poliquin is in NRA's pocket
U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-Maine Democrats hoping to unseat U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin are taking aim at the financial backing the Maine Republican has received from the National Rifle Association. Their assault follows publication of a chart this week in The New York Times that contained a striking statistic: Poliquin has received more NRA campaign […]
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Girls Guns & Glory at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center
GARDINER — Boston-based band Girls Guns & Glory will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water St. The band is composed of Ward Hayden, acoustic guitar, lead vocals; J. Ellis Kiggans, drums; Chris Hersh, electric guitar, banjo, vocals; and Paul Dilley, upright and electric bass, vocals. They play early […]
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Some legislators want to carry firearms to keep themselves safe in State House
AUGUSTA — At least three Maine lawmakers have asked Gov. Paul LePage to allow members of the Legislature to carry concealed handguns in the State House. The move by the trio of Republican representatives followed an attack in Virginia Thursday that left one congressman critically wounded and others shaken after a gun-toting man opened fire […]
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Lawmakers gun down bill that sought to arm more college students
AUGUSTA — House members shot down a proposal Tuesday that would have allowed people with concealed carry permits to carry their firearms on public colleges except in dorms and in entertainment facilities that post signs barring their possession. By a 90-56 vote, House members turned aside a plea by the measure’s sponsor who worried that […]
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Legislators aim to take muzzle-loaders from the hands of dangerous felons
AUGUSTA — People convicted of violent crimes or those that involved a gun are generally barred from possessing a firearm ever again. But there’s an exception. Partly because the federal government doesn’t recognize as a firearm a muzzle-loading gun — the type of weapon soldiers used during the Revolutionary War. Maine allows those generally prohibited […]