A push for stricter gun laws in Maine

A MASS SHOOTING THAT LEFT 18 people dead at a bar and a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, on Oct. 25 is putting a spotlight on the state's legal laxity on gun safety. Specifically, Maine doesn't have some measures that have been shown to reduce gun deaths or homicides, such as laws that require gun permits which some research found was associated with a 60% reduced risk of mass shootings-or universal background checks for handgun sales.

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