PORTLAND, Maine —

Two years after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, Maine residents are voting on whether to make it easier for family members to petition a court to restrict a potentially dangerous person's access to guns.

Question 2 on the Maine statewide ballot for the Nov. 4 election is a citizens' referendum that, if passed, would enact an extreme protection order law, which is commonly referred to as a red flag law. Advertisement

The proposed law would establish a process by which law enforcement officers and certain family and household members can ask a court to issue an extreme risk protection order, which would temporarily prohibit a person — the respondent — from having dangerous weapons.

An extreme risk protection order would prohibit the respondent from purcha

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