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Maine’s yellow flag gun law under scrutiny after mass shooting
Maine’s yellow flag gun law under scrutiny after mass shooting
Updated October 28, 2023 at 9:29 a.m. ET
This week’s mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, has focused new attention on a unique state law designed to prevent such tragedies.
Maine’s measure, the only one in the country known as a “yellow flag” law, was passed in 2019. It is a narrower version of the “red flag” laws in force in 21 states that allow authorities to temporarily seize weapons from people who constitute a danger to themselves or others.
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