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Published
May 2, 2022

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.
Published
April 8, 2022

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.
Published
March 18, 2022

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.
Published
January 14, 2022

Our View: Safe storage should be required of every gun owner

Mandating that firearms be stored unloaded and locked will help save kids’ lives.
Published
December 8, 2021

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.

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Published
November 28, 2021

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
Published
September 1, 2021

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.
Published
August 21, 2021

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.
Published
July 18, 2021

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.
Published
June 30, 2021

Maine Voices: Maine’s senators must lead on gun-violence prevention

The Bipartisan Background Checks Act is a common-sense way to make sure that people legally banned from owning firearms won’t get their hands on them.