Maine lawmakers racing toward adjournment are going to consider a so-called “red flag” law allowing family members to petition a judge for removal of guns thanks to an a 11th-hour bill introduced by the House speaker.
FILE - Recent snowfall coats crosses at one of several memorials for the victims of last month’s mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. Maine lawmakers racing toward adjournment are going to consider a so-called “red flag” law allowing family members to petition a judge for removal of guns thanks to an a 11th-hour bill introduced by the house speaker.
The red flag bill is among a number of proposals introduced in response to the Oct. 25 shootings at a bowling alley and at a bar and grill in Lewiston. The 40-year-old gunman, an Army reservist, was becoming paranoid and delusional, and was hospitalized while his reserve unit was training in New York. A fellow reservist
It’s important for the state to have a “true red flag law,” said Lianna Holden, a volunteer leader with the Freeport High School Students Demand Action chapter. Maine Gov. Janet Mills has called for streamlining and strengthening the state’s existing yellow flag law by allowing police to directly petition a judge to remove someone’s guns, keeping police in the lead of the process. She’s also called for boosting background checks for private sales of weapons and bolstering mental crisis care.
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