Testimony Heard Over Maine’s Red Flag Bill Proposal

By Tom Knighton

Red flag bills seem to be all the rage among the anti-gun crowd. It’s not difficult to see why, either. They’re arguing that it’s not really gun confiscation, after all. They’re just temporarily taking the guns of people who may be a threat to themselves or others. That’s something that most people can actually get behind, especially when they don’t really understand the problems.

In Maine, they’re debating such a bill now. Monday, state lawmakers heard testimony from both sides of the debate.

Lawmakers heard a full day of emotional, often conflicting testimony Monday on a controversial bill that would allow police to temporarily confiscate guns from individuals deemed to pose a threat to themselves or others.

To supporters, the bill is a common-sense measure that would allow family members or police to intervene before someone uses a gun to commit suicide or turns it on someone else, all while protecting the dangerous person’s legal rights.

“L.D. 1312 provides a tool to help law enforcement officers protect our loved ones from deadly tragedies,” said the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Rebecca Millett, D-Cape Elizabeth. “I have heard from law enforcement officials from across the state who say the tools we have in place …Read the Rest

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