'Red flag' bill debated for hours in Maine months after mass shooting that killed 18
Months after Maine's deadliest mass shooting, state lawmakers held an hourslong hearing Friday to debate a so-called red flag bill that would let family members petition a judge to remove guns from someone experiencing a psychiatric crisis.
Supporters say it's important to reconsider the proposal after a gunman killed 18 people last fall amid signs of deteriorating mental health.
Critics say a red flag law would unfairly target law-abiding gun owners and infringe on their constitutional rights.
An independent commission studying the Lewiston shooting issued under the state’s existing “yellow flag” law. Card was found dead by suicide after the Oct. 25 shootings at a bowling alley and bar and grill in Lewiston.
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