The Governor opposed them; every major law enforcement group opposed them; Maine already had a better law on the books. In the end, none of it mattered: The Sheeple approved a referendum that will bring red flag laws to the Pine Tree State.
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With 72% of the vote counted, red flag laws had received 252,687 votes, or 63% of the total, compared to just 147,022 votes, roughly 37% opposed. The Maine Legislature will still have to produce a bill, but that’s pretty much a formality. Maine state law prohibits a gubernatorial veto.
Maine’s existing yellow flag law, passed in response to the 2023 Lewiston spree, requires law enforcement to request emergency restraining protective orders, and there is also a requirement for mental health consultation. That’s too restrictive for gun control zealots, who want to open things up to family members and have the same lack of limitations as found in most other states with red flag laws.
Consider neighboring Massachusetts: In October 2010, Stephen Nichols, a retired police officer with more than 40 years on the force, worked as a school crossing guard in Tisbury. He was relieved of his duties, stripped of his credentials, and had his guns seized and transferred to a grandson to sell at a gun store he managed in Wooster.
Why? A waitress in a diner caught a snippet of conversation Nichols was having with a friend and reported it to the police. What she thought was a possible threat against the school was actually Nichols expressing concern about the school’s resource officer spending too much time in a nearby convenience store, leaving the school unprotected.
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