Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has also voiced skepticism of some gun control proposals in recent years. A proposals for a so-called red flag law that more than 20 states have adopted also failed in ...

The nonprofit group Everytown for Gun Safety has been a big advocate for these laws. They're vital to preventing gun violence, said Chelsea Parsons, Everytown's director of implementation.

The yellow flag law in Maine has been used 82 times since it was launched in 2020. That, Senator Keim says, is evidence that the law is working. "Absolutely working well," she said.

“These red flag bills are just a backdoor gun-confiscation legislation,” Mace, who has since become a magistrate judge, said on a pro-gun podcast in 2019.

It's a pattern that's played out in New Mexico, with nearly 600 gun homicides during that period and a mere eight uses of its red flag law. And in Massachusetts, with nearly 300 shooting homicides ...

Still, proponents of red flag laws caution that they aren’t a magic fix to gun violence. For example, the Illinois Firearms Restraining Order Act , which passed in 2018, hasn’t been used much.

The Gonzales flag has become much more common in the past few decades, in a different form: with an AR-15 or other modern assault rifle in place of the cannon. This version seems to have ...

The NFL has recently made headlines for cracking down on what it deems “unsportsmanlike conduct” regarding player celebrations. In one game, New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton was ...

Days after the meeting, on Oct. 25, 2023, a gunman committed the deadliest mass shooting in state history. The yellow flag law immediately faced heavy scrutiny.Police had been alerted months ...

The referendum campaign is the latest step by Maine gun safety advocates to try and implement a red flag law, also known as an extreme risk protection order, in the wake of the mass shooting in ...

Extreme risk protection orders, more commonly referred to as "red flag" laws, have been passed across the country as a means to prevent gun violence — but there are many questions about what ...