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In 2021, there were 26,000 gun suicides and 21,000 gun homicides, together making up a sixth of deaths from external causes. Gun deaths make up about half of all suicides, but over 80% of homicides. [ 5 ] Gun deaths in 2021 rose to levels not seen since the 1990s, but remained below rates of the 1970s. [ 6 ]
Maine [6][7] is a constitutional carry (permitless concealed or open carry) and "shall issue" state for concealed carry. The issuing authority for permits are the local police, or the state police. As of October 15, 2015, a permit is not needed to carry a firearm – concealed or open – in the state of Maine, provided that the carrier is ...
Maine is one of about 20 states that allow permitless carry — having a concealed weapon in public without a permit — and the state has a longstanding culture of gun ownership that is tied to ...
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills and the Democratic-led Legislature pressed for a number of gun and mental health proposals after the shooting that claimed 18 lives and injured another 13 people, despite the state’s strong hunting tradition and support for gun owners. “Maine has taken significant steps forward in preventing gun violence and ...
About 72% of gun owners say they own a gun primarily for protection. [3] The world's armed forces control about 133 million (approximately 13 percent) of the global total of small arms, of which over 43 percent belong to two countries: Russia (30.3 million) and China (27.5 million). [1] Law enforcement agencies control about 23 million (about 2 ...
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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 an interim report last month that said police had the authority to seize guns from shooter Robert Card under the state’s existing “yellow flag” law. Card was ...
Nov. 17—A Maine lawmaker's proposal to hold property owners liable if people are harmed at a location that doesn't allow them to carry firearms for their own protection also was put forward ...