Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Missouri House Speaker Pro Tem Chad Perkins of Bowing Green speaks at a news conference Feb. 13 with state Rep. Melissa Schmidt, a ...

Maine voters on Tuesday approved a law creating a new path to temporarily take guns from dangerous people following a referendum campaign inspired by the deadliest mass shooting in state history. The ...

Red flag orders were a key part of the federal government's response to the 2020 Portapique, N.S., mass shooting. But two years after the measure became law, a CBC News investigation has determined ...

A state House committee held a hearing Wednesday on Republican-sponsored bills to repeal Michigan’s “red flag” law, which allows authorities to use a court order to seize guns from people deemed a ...

JEFFERSON CITY — A Missouri House committee heard testimony Wednesday on a bill that would prevent courts from seizing weapons from high-risk individuals. The bill, House Bill 2176, contains changes ...

The Colorado Senate voted nearly along party lines Tuesday to pass a bill expanding the state’s “red flag” law that lets judges temporarily remove someone’s guns. Senate Bill 4 now heads to the House, ...

Red flag laws, or Extreme Risk Protective Orders (ERPOs), temporarily prohibit individuals deemed a danger from having firearms. A 2023 CDC dataset shows states with red flag laws generally have lower ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Two years after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, Maine residents voted on whether to make it easier for family members to petition a court to restrict a potentially ...

Eighteen bouquets line the front of Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston in October 2023 — one for each victim of that month's mass shooting. Maine voters on Tuesday approved a law creating a new ...