Gun laws
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PublishedAugust 21, 2022
The Maine Millennial: Let’s get specific about guns and gun storage
A national campaign for access to safes and trigger locks shouldn’t wait until the next mass shooting.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2022
Manufacturers of AR-style rifles would see 20% tax under proposed bill
The proposed legislation also includes a bill that would require each firearm manufacturer to create and implement a system to track and analyze crimes committed with firearms they have sold.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2022
After Supreme Court ruling, it’s open season on U.S. gun laws
The court battles come as the Biden administration and police departments across the U.S. struggle to combat a surge in violent crime and mass shootings.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2022
Democrats push for 1st semi-automatic gun ban in 20 years, but Rep. Golden is opposed
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee objected to the proposal, calling it an attack on Second Amendment rights.
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PublishedJune 24, 2022
Gabby Giffords documentary comes as gun debates stay center stage
The film 'Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down' is partly an intimate look at Giffords' recovery after the January 2011 shooting that left 6 people dead and 13 others wounded outside a Tucson supermarket.
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PublishedJune 24, 2022
Congress sends landmark gun violence compromise to Biden’s desk
Fifteen Senate Republicans backed the compromise, but that still meant that fewer than one-third of Republican senators supported the measure.
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PublishedJune 23, 2022
States with strict gun-permitting laws consider next steps
'We do not need people entering our subways, our restaurants and movie theaters with concealed weapons,' says New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.
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PublishedJune 23, 2022
Supreme Court expands gun rights, with nation divided
The high court's first major gun decision in more than a decade split the court 6-3, with the court's conservatives in the majority and liberals in dissent.
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PublishedJune 14, 2022
Republican leader McConnell backs Senate bipartisan gun deal
Last month's massacres are reconfiguring the political calculations for some in the GOP.
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PublishedJune 12, 2022
Collins believes bipartisan gun deal stands good chance of passage in Senate
Maine's senior U.S. senator, who was a member of a bipartisan committee that negotiated the tentative agreement, says, 'I really think we have to succeed this time, and I think we will succeed.'
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