The Maine Legislature has approved sweeping gun safety legislation nearly six months after the deadliest shooting in state history.
The Maine Legislature approved sweeping gun safety legislation including background checks on private gun sales, waiting periods for gun purchases and criminalizing gun sales to prohibited people before adjourning Thursday morning, nearly six months after the deadliest shooting in state history. Democratic Gov.
Lawmakers pushed through the night and into the morning as they ran up against their adjournment date, which was Wednesday. But it didn't come without some 11th-hour drama. Lawmakers had to approve a contentious supplemental budget before casting their final votes and didn't wrap up the session until after daybreak. The Oct. 25 shooting by an Army reservist in Lewiston, Maine's second-largest city, served as a tragic backdrop for the legislative session.
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