Saco parents sue Vermont homeowner over 3-year-old son’s accidental shooting death

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Published
December 15, 2022

Saco parents sue Vermont homeowner over 3-year-old son’s accidental shooting death

The family of Peter Bunce, 3, allege that Rebecca Post was reckless and negligent when she failed to inform them that she had loaded, unsecured guns in her home.
Published
July 20, 2022

Democrats push for 1st semi-automatic gun ban in 20 years, but Rep. Golden is opposed

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee objected to the proposal, calling it an attack on Second Amendment rights.
Published
July 17, 2022

American gun culture is based on frontier mythology — but ignores how common gun restrictions were in the Old West

A scholar of gun culture looks at the roots of Americans’ love affair with firearms – and their willingness to accept gun violence as a price of freedom.
Published
July 17, 2022

Six charts show key role firearms makers play in America’s gun culture

A closer look at firearms sales reveals some interesting trends that should be part of America’s ongoing conversation about the root causes of gun violence.
Published
June 23, 2022

Supreme Court expands gun rights, with nation divided

The high court's first major gun decision in more than a decade split the court 6-3, with the court's conservatives in the majority and liberals in dissent.
Published
June 14, 2022

Republican leader McConnell backs Senate bipartisan gun deal

Last month's massacres are reconfiguring the political calculations for some in the GOP.
Published
June 12, 2022

Collins believes bipartisan gun deal stands good chance of passage in Senate

Maine's senior U.S. senator, who was a member of a bipartisan committee that negotiated the tentative agreement, says, 'I really think we have to succeed this time, and I think we will succeed.'
Published
June 12, 2022

Maine’s ‘yellow flag’ gun safety law still a work in progress

The 2019 law allowing police to temporarily confiscate weapons from people deemed to be dangerous to themselves or others has had limited impact because it requires a medical assessment that hospitals are hesitant to provide.
Published
May 26, 2022

Senate Republicans block domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate

Sen. Susan Collins is among the no votes as Democrats’ first attempt at responding to recent back-to-back mass shootings has failed in the Senate.
Published
May 25, 2022

Sen. Susan Collins joins push for gun safety legislation

She is suggesting Congress enact legislation similar to Maine's yellow flag gun law, which allows police, with the approval of a medical professional, to temporarily take guns from people who are in danger of hurting themselves or others.