Maine should have a process to temporarily take guns from someone in a mental health crisis.
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Waterville debate raises lingering questions about guns at public meetings
Proposed legislation this year might allow municipalities discretion to prohibit weapons at such venues.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Classmates, students nationwide remember Parkland shooting victims
For many of the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the tragedy that claimed 17 lives is still so raw that they couldn’t set foot in the building on the one-year anniversary of the massacre.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Red flag: More states pass seizure laws to solve gun problem
‘Parkland would never have happened if Florida had a red flag law,’ a parent says.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Kennebunk man accused of firing high-powered air rifle inside New York motel
Paul M. Coughlin was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, a Benjamin Bulldog .357, after police responded to reports of shots fired at a motel in Ithaca.
Posted inNation & World
Gunman kills 5 people in Florida bank, in nation’s latest ‘senseless crime’
The suspect, Zephen Xaver, 21, surrenders during negotiations with police.
Posted inBusiness, Life & Culture, Nation & World, News, Politics
Paradox for gun industry: Having allies in Washington is bad for business
Two years into a 2nd Amendment-friendly presidency, and a Senate led by Republicans, the ‘Trump slump’ means falling sales and complacency.
Posted inCops & Courts, News
Judge considers case for religious privilege in Windham man’s upcoming murder trial
Noah Gaston is charged in the shooting death of his wife, and the defense wants to block testimony by two church leaders who spoke with him that day.
Posted inNation & World, News
Parents in Pennsylvania sue school board over plan to arm teachers
The school district in Tamaqua approved a policy in September that would likely make it the first in the state to issue firearms to teachers who take a training course.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: The taboo of suicide
Rather than avoid what is undeniably a painful subject, it is high time we all started talking frankly about it.