The Maine State House is seen at dawn, Jan. 3, 2024, in Augusta, Maine. A series of gun safety bills have been introduced after the deadliest shooting in Maine history.

AUGUSTA, Maine -- 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 ...

The Maine Legislature has approved sweeping gun safety legislation nearly six months after the deadliest shooting in state history. The bills that received approval include background checks on ...

Maine lawmakers on Thursday sent a raft of gun safety measures to the governor to sign into law, fulfilling a promise to take swift action designed to prevent mass shootings such as a rampage last ...

Gun safety steps taken Thursday came hours after Maine’s Senate agreed to a 72-hour waiting period on gun purchases. The governor will review that bill as well as another that would ban bump stocks.

Gun safety groups praised the bills, despite the absence of proposals they had called for to regulate military-style semi-automatic weapons or high-capacity magazines such as those used in the ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills said Monday she will allow one of a final pair of gun safety bills — a waiting period for gun purchases — to become law without her ...

There are a number of bills in the Legislature concerning gun safety. It appears that there is no or very little support from Republicans, with the exception of anything to do with mental illness.

AUGUSTA (WGME) -- There are two bills to relax gun rules around schools in Maine. One would allow adults with a permit to carry and fire a concealed gun on school grounds.

AUGUSTA, Maine -- 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 ...