The commander at the scene in Uvalde believed that 18-year-old gunman was barricaded inside adjoining classrooms at Robb Elementary School and that children were no longer at risk.
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Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Augusta City Council gives police approval to sell some guns in evidence locker, destroy those used in crimes
Augusta Police Department to sell 62 guns and destroy 57 it has acquired over the years.
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Posted inLocal & State
State police shooting of Thorndike man in 2019 found to be justified
Trooper Thomas Bureau II reasonably believed Eric Fitzpatrick, then 33, was about to use unlawful deadly force against him when he shot Fitzpatrick in 2019, the state Attorney General’s Office determined.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Airline passenger traffic dropped during the pandemic. The TSA seized more guns than ever.
In 2021, the Transportation Security Administration caught 5,972 firearms at airport checkpoints, the most ever.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Safe storage should be required of every gun owner
Mandating that firearms be stored unloaded and locked will help save kids’ lives.
Posted inTimes Record
Sagadahoc police launch gun safety program in light of unintentional shootings by children
Nationwide, 25% of all gun owners reported storing all of their guns in an unlocked location in their home, and 4.6 million minors live in homes with loaded, unlocked firearms, according to a national nonprofit.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Insight: Are we ready for more guns at protests?
The Rittenhouse verdict could make armed civilians a normal occurrence at political events, changing the composition of who is willing to participate
Posted inLocal & State
Man found with loaded guns in truck at Acadia National Park
The Ohio man had been drinking alcohol, rangers said, and did not have a concealed weapons permit for the guns.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Well-meaning ‘yellow flag’ law puts ER doctors in a role they’re not trained for
Assessing who is safe to own or carry weapons should be done with care – not under the time constraints typical of Maine’s emergency departments.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: July Fourth weekend standoff should raise awareness of ‘sovereign citizen’ threat
Rise of the Moors, arrested en route to Maine, is just one of many unauthorized paramilitary entities in the U.S.