AUGUSTA — Maine Republicans and opponents of the initiative that will go to voters this fall to make it easier to confiscate weapons from a person in crisis want to put another option on the ballot ...

A hearing Wednesday rekindled debate over a proposal that would allow Maine families to ask a judge to remove guns from relatives in crisis.

Republicans are asking for a public hearing on their competing plan. Maine voters will decide this fall whether to enact a ...

Maine Republicans, red flag opponents want to give voters another referendum option. A proposal unveiled Tuesday for a competing measure on the November ballot would make changes to the existing ...

Maine lawmakers passed a “yellow flag” law that requires police to seek a medical evaluation for anyone believed to be a threat before taking their guns away. Skip Navigation.

A mass shooting in Maine has revived a conversation about laws that aim to take firearms away from people who might pose a threat to themselves or others. Maine lawmakers passed a “yellow flag” law ...

Republican lawmakers push a last-minute yellow flag proposal to counter the upcoming red flag law referendum. PORTLAND, Maine ...

A red-flag law making it easier to seize weapons from a dangerous person might have stopped the mass killings in Lewiston, Maine, experts said in interviews.

Maine considered a red flag law in 2019. Gov. Janet Mills helped negotiate a compromise bill with the Sportsmen’s Alliance of Maine, a powerful gun rights lobbying group representing gun owners.

But the most obvious need, a “red flag” law allowing families as well as police to petition for gun removal, fell by the wayside. It’s important to recall how that happened.