They can then appeal the order to get their guns back. Maine's so-called "yellow flag" law has a few extra steps in the middle. Someone who suspects a gun owner is an imminent threat, whether that ...

What was enacted instead? Emily Bader: So Maine enacted what’s called a “yellow flag” law, which basically means that only police can take guns or weapons away from a person they deem at risk.

It was called a “yellow flag” law, different from the “red flag” laws cropping up in other states to seize weapons from gun owners viewed as a threat. In a sign of the pro-Second Amendment ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Barely four years before a gunman's deadly rampage in Maine, a state that is staunchly protective of gun rights, the governor signed a law aimed at preventing a mass shooting ...

Maine’s measure, the only one in the nation known as a “yellow flag” law ... 21 states that allow authorities to temporarily seize guns from people who pose a danger to themselves or ...

Democratic lawmakers are also planning to unveil reforms to Maine’s gun laws in response to Lewiston, including potential changes to the yellow flag law. Maine passed the yellow flag law in 2019 ...

Maine’s yellow flag law is supposed to prompt authorities to restrict gun access for potentially dangerous people. But weaknesses in the 3-year-old law led to at least one shooting years before ...