Maine gun rights groups challenge new firearm waiting period law
2 days ago · MAINE, USA — A coalition of Maine gun rights groups is challenging a law requiring a three-day waiting period to purchase a firearm, a measure that took effect in August. It is one of several gun safety bills state lawmakers passed following the Lewiston shootings that killed 18 people. The groups argue the law violates constitutional rights ...
Gun groups sue to overturn Maine's new three-day waiting …
2 days ago · Updated 12:22 PM PST, November 13, 2024. PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A coalition of gun groups has filed a lawsuit claiming that Maine’s new 72-hour waiting period for firearms purchases is unconstitutional and seeking an injunction stopping its enforcement pending the outcome of the case. The lawsuit filed on behalf of five individuals contends ...
Maine’s 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases violates 2nd …
2 days ago · By Marie Weidmayer and Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff. Gun rights groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday that seeks to overturn the 72-hour waiting period law that Maine lawmakers passed after last year’s mass shooting in Lewiston.. The Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine and Gun Owners of Maine had expressed their intent to sue after Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat who previously opposed sweeping ...
Gun rights advocates file lawsuit against Maine's 3-day waiting …
2 days ago · Maine gun rights groups have filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a new waiting period law for most gun purchases. One of the plaintiffs' attorneys was part of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Bruen decision that established a new test for evaluating the constitutionality of firearm ...
Maine governor signs off on new gun laws ... - Associated Press News
Apr 27, 2024 · Democratic Gov. Janet Mills on Friday signed off on a suite of gun safety legislation approved by lawmakers after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, expanding background checks for private sales of weapons, bolstering the state’s “yellow flag” law, criminalizing the transfer of guns to pr.
How Maine’s Novel Gun Laws Endured After Lewiston Shooting
October 30, 2024. by. Steve Mistler. Exactly one week before a man used an AR-10 style rifle to kill 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, a small group of gun control activists met with Gov. Janet Mills ...
Gun legislation approved in Maine after Lewiston mass shooting - AP News
Apr 18, 2024 · AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Legislature approved sweeping gun safety legislation including background checks on private gun sales, waiting periods for gun purchases and criminalizing gun sales to prohibited people before adjourning Thursday morning, nearly six months after the deadliest shooting in state history.
Maine Legislature passes gun legislation following Lewiston mass ... - NPR
Apr 18, 2024 · The Maine Legislature approved gun safety legislation including background checks on private gun sales, waiting periods for gun purchases and criminalizing gun sales to prohibited people.
New Maine gun laws, mental health supports signed into law - NECN
Apr 26, 2024 · Post-Lewiston gun laws, mental health supports signed into law in Maine Gov. Janet Mills said Friday the proposal would improve public safety while respecting the state's long traditions of gun...
Maine's mass shooting has renewed calls for stricter gun laws
Jan 18, 2024 · Historically, efforts to tighten gun laws in Maine have been ignored by lawmakers. But after a mass shooting last year left 18 people dead, activists say renewed calls for reform now have...