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Police Have Increased Use of Maine’s ‘Yellow Flag’ Law Since Mass Shooting

There has been a huge jump in law enforcement requests for Maine courts to allow guns to be seized from people deemed a danger to themselves or others since the deadliest mass shooting in state history, the governor said Friday. …

Maine Alters ‘Yellow Flag’ Law, Expands Mental Health Care in Wake of Shootings

Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has signed into law 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 …