It appears Mainers will reject Question 3 on Tuesday's ballot, which would have required extensive background checks when purchasing or borrowing firearms.
November 8, 2016 is Election Day in Maine and Mainers will be voting on five citizen initiative questions and one bond question. We've been feature these questions right here and today we take a closer look at ballot question 3.
A bill has passed initial votes in both the Maine State House and Senate that would prevent landlords in public housing from banning tenants from having guns.
A part of Maine history is coming to the Maine State Museum in Augusta as guns from gunsmith and inventor John Hancock Hall and other gunsmiths will be on display.
Maine State Troopers yesterday (May 18) responded to 54 Fish Street in Leeds, for a report that Guy Schultz, 43, had discharged a firearms too close to a neighbor’s residence. Through investigation Troopers determined that Mr. Schultz was prohibited from possessing firearms, due to a previous felony conviction for burglary in 1991.
Officers in every other branch of natural resources law enforcement in Maine are trained annually and armed.
They carry to protect themselves, and others as they go about enforcing Maine's laws.
Forest Rangers enforce Maine's laws too, and even though their jurisdiction is the state's timberland, they're often investigating serious crimes such as theft and arson.
A bill to allow Maine forest rangers to carry guns has stalled and may be carried over for consideration next year. Nearly 20 forest rangers testified in favor of the bill last month.
I love Stephen King. Not so much for his writings (I will address my issues on his books later in this note), but for who he is. He is a man of great personal success and a man who has shown he still has a heart, is grounded, compassionate and gees, kinda reasonable. Today I apply those descriptions of Mr. King on the issue of gun control.
Bear arms, not armed bears. Sorry, had to go there. A Sabattus man feels there ought to be a law which mandates every Sabattus head of household to own a gun. This is not the first time this idea has been floated. A town outside of Atlanta, Georgia did this years ago and it apparently worked!
Gov. Paul LePage has signed off on the emergency legislation to temporarily keep confidential the names of Mainers with a permit to carry concealed guns. The lawmakers moved quickly to pass the emergency legislation and the governor signed it right away.
A proposed bill would allow teachers and other school employees to carry concealed firearms in school. As you might guess, the bill raised questions among legislative leaders. First of all it would not be mandatory.
There's no need to offer a "Don't try this at home" warning — by the time you've watched this guy accidentally shock, burn, and shoot himself, you're unlikely to follow in his footsteps.
This would have been very interesting to attend. It was an informational meeting with law enforcement and lawmakers on gun violence. The take away message for those who attended was that in order find the solutions, we need to dig deeper into the mental health issues not just the kinds of weapons used.