The Maine Legislature approved gun safety legislation including background checks on private gun sales, waiting periods for gun purchases and criminalizing gun sales to prohibited people.

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 ...

Maine (WABI) - Data shows nearly 40,000 die from gun violence in the U.S. each year. A national advocacy group on a mission to save lives has released its annual gun law scorecard.

The Maine Legislature is set to pass bills impacting the rights of gun-owning residents across the state following the deadliest shooting in Maine's history last year.

The Maine Legislature has approved several gun safety bills following the deadliest shooting in state history, which killed 18 people and injured 13 last October.

Maine lawmakers voted to pass gun safety measures to make firearms harder to procure. Six month ago the state experienced its worst mass shooting in Lewiston.

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 ...

Public hearings begin on gun safety bills that would ban bump stocks, institute a 72-hour waiting period for firearm purchases and expand background checks to advertised private sales.

Maine Democrats unveil gun safety and mental health bills. The partisan battles begin. A 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases, a ban on bump stocks and a network of mental health crisis ...

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 ...