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Six months after the mass shootings, gun control advocates won approval for several initiatives that have evaded them in Maine's traditionally gun-friendly Legislature. But Gov. Janet Mills has yet to signal where she stands on at least two of the bills.
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A bill banning "bump stocks" and a bill requiring gun buyers to wait 72 hours before picking up a firearm from a licensed dealer, passed in the House on Tuesday.
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Debate over a half-dozen gun bills still pending in the Legislature has been influenced by the mass shooting in Lewiston last October that left 18 dead.
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The measure is response to the Lewiston shootings and would allow family members to petition courts to seize a dangerous person's guns without involvement of police or a mental health evaluation.
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Physicians, psychiatrists urge Maine lawmakers to pass 'red flag law' as gun rights groups oppose itMental health advocates say Maine's current 'yellow flag' law doesn't cover everyone who might be dangerous, while gun rights advocates say it affords due process and should have been used to prevent the Lewiston shootings.
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State lawmakers heard hours of testimony Thursday on the latest round of gun safety policy changes from Gov. Janet Mills and much of the Democratic caucus, which include a proposed three-day waiting period for certain firearm sales, an expansion of background checks for advertised private sales and changes to Maine's yellow flag law.
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The slate of proposals include a three-day waiting period and a bump stock ban, but gun control groups are urging an assault weapons ban and limiting magazine capacity.
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Advocates say in Maine, they're prioritizing new policies that would limit access to assault weapons, and require a 72-waiting period for gun buyers before completing a purchase. They also want to see Maine pass an extreme risk, or so-called "red flag" law.
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Maine's Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife cancelled a class on maintenance and cleaning for AR-style rifles after complaints alleging the event was in poor taste in light of the Lewiston mass shootings.
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Maine's independent says his bill — introduced with a New Mexico Democrat — targets the mechanisms that can make semi-automatic guns so deadly in mass shootings rather than the appearance of the guns.