Judge sides with gun advocates and pauses Maine gun law enacted in the wake of the Lewiston mass shooting
A federal judge on Thursday put a hold on a new three-day waiting period for gun purchases in Maine after reviewing a lawsuit ...
Maine’s strongest gun control law after Lewiston mass shooting is now in limbo
The law’s supporters describe the three days as a “cooling off period.” In Maine, 90% of gun deaths are suicides, and 56% of suicides are carried out with guns, according to a 2023 Maine Department of ...
As shootings become part of the backdrop of Lewiston, the city is trying to come to grips with a growing problem
Data from the Lewiston Police Department show gun violence over the last six years has take a dramatic upturn.
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Justice Wathen to discuss mass shooting commission’s work at Lewiston Public Library
The program will feature a conversation between former Maine Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Daniel E. Wathen and Sun ...
Judge grants injunction pausing Maine's 72-hour waiting period to buy firearms
A federal judge granted an injunction Thursday pausing the implementation of Maine's 72-hour waiting period to buy firearms.
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Federal judge pauses Maine’s new waiting period for gun sales
Lawmakers passed the new waiting period as part of a slate of gun safety reforms following the October 2023 mass shooting in ...
Federal judge blocks Maine's firearm waiting period
A federal judge has blocked a Maine law requiring a three-day waiting period to buy a firearm in response to a legal ...
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Maine's 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases halted
PORTLAND -- A federal judge has temporarily stopped a Maine law that requires a 72-hour waiting period to buy a gun. The bill ...
King, Collins join reintroduction of bill to help stop mass violence
Maine Senators Angus King and Susan Collins are joining a group of senators in reintroducing a bill to help prevent acts of mass violence.