The state of Maine has passed a proposed Red Flag Law that will allow family and household members to petition a court to have someone’s weapons removed when they are a danger to themselves or others.

Voters passed the law, according to initial polling results, approximately two years after the deadliest mass shooting in state history in Lewiston.

On October 25, 2023, a gunman opened fire on a bowling alley and a restaurant, killing 18 people and physically wounding several others.

A months long Scripps News investigation last year revealed the shooter showed multiple warning signs ahead of the 2023 attack that were repeatedly reported to police, but Maine law enforcement officers did not attempt to remove his firearms using the state’s Yellow Flag Law which had been in effect since 2

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