The number of firearms found at New England airports rose from 40 in 2021 to 46 last year.
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Posted inElection 2022, Local & State
Jared Golden earns support from gun rights advocates
In 2nd District race, Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine gives Golden an A+ and challenger Bruce Poliquin an A.
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Posted inNation & World
House passes semi-automatic gun ban after 18-year lapse
Almost all Republicans voted against the bill, which passed 217-213. Maine Rep. Jared Golden was among the few Democrats who voted no.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Gun makers have sold AR-15-style guns as a sign of manhood as shootings rise
The industry has taken in more than $1 billion from selling the weapons, which have been used in mass shootings, over the last decade.
Posted inLocal & State
Replica gun triggers police response in downtown Portland
A pellet rifle styled to look like an assault weapon was confiscated from a 10-year-old Saturday after witnesses reported a group firing the gun on Congress Street.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Beware excess moderation on guns
Even Aristotle, who taught ‘everything in moderation,’ understood that outrage can be more virtuous than a lack of human feeling.
Posted inLocal & State
‘It’s hard to give it up, but I don’t want it to get into the wrong hands,’ says gun owner at Waterville’s ‘gun giveback’ event
The Waterville Police Department teamed up with the Maine Gun Safety Coalition on Saturday to accept firearms and ammunition from people who wanted to safely dispose of them.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: America’s gun laws contribute to bloodshed abroad
Gun ownership is tightly restricted in Mexico, but guns smuggled across the border from the U.S. make crime there more deadly.
Posted inNation & World, News
Uvalde victim’s family, staffer signal possible legal action against gunmaker
Gunmaker Daniel Defense has come under scrutiny in the days since Salvador Ramos, 18, used a DDM4 rifle to unload hundreds of rounds of ammunition in the worst shooting at an American school in nearly a decade.
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Portland police investigate Memorial Day shootings
Weapons were discharged Monday night at 3 separate locations in Portland within the span of 90 minutes.