(18 Apr 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FILE: Augusta, Maine – 3 January 2024
1. Lawmakers applaud first responders
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FILE: Lewiston, Maine – 29 October 2023
2. Wide of Schemengees Bar and Grille with crime scene tape
3. Close-up of crime scene tape
4. Wide of bar with crime scene tape
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Augusta, Maine – 18 April 2024
5. SOUNDBITE (English) David Sharp, The Associated Press:
"Lawmakers and the governor felt that they had to do something after the deadliest shooting in Maine history. Back in October, a gunman who was an Army reservist killed 18 people and injured 13 others at a bowling alley and at a bar in a pool hall that was hosting a cornhole tournament."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FILE: Lewiston, Maine – 29 October 2023
6. Various of flowers placed and a sign of "Be Strong Lewiston." near Schemengees Bar and Grille
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FILE: Bowdoin, Maine – 26 October 2023
++NIGHT SHOTS++
7. Various of traffic passing by home of Robert Card
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Augusta, Maine – 18 April 2024
8. SOUNDBITE (English) David Sharp, The Associated Press:
"The bills were really wide ranging. It would require a background check for private gun sales. It would make it a crime to recklessly transfer a weapon to someone who was a prohibited person. There are some mental health components. There was a 72 hour waiting period, and bump stocks that could turn a regular gun into a machine gun – those are now banned under the legislation."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FILE: Augusta, Maine – 3 January 2024
9. Gun safety demonstrators gathered outside the Maine Senate chamber
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Augusta, Maine – 18 April 2024
10. SOUNDBITE (English) David Sharp, The Associated Press:
"Maine does not have a red flag law. Maine has something called a yellow flag law. And that puts police in the lead of the process. Police have to take someone into custody. They have to arrange for a mental health evaluation. And then a judge has to rule before guns can be removed from someone in an emergency. Critics say the yellow flag process is cumbersome, and, but an independent commission that investigated the shooting said that the yellow flag law would have worked if it had been properly used."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FILE: Lewiston, Maine – 27 December 2023
11. Various memorial crafts
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FILE: Lewiston, Maine – 26 October 2023
12. Various, daytime shots of police outside restaurant/bowling alley
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Augusta, Maine – 18 April 2024
13. SOUNDBITE (English) David Sharp, The Associated Press:
"Well, gun ownership is high in Maine. There’s a big hunting tradition here. Maine’s a safe state, but there’s a lot of support for gun owner rights. And Republicans were largely unified in opposition to virtually all these bills. And they contended that these bills could trample people’s rights. And they also are concerned that Democrats were resurrecting old proposals and just trying to push them through using the tragedy of Lewiston and the emotions surrounding that to get these passed."
++ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++
STORYLINE:
The Maine Legislature has approved sweeping gun safety legislation nearly six months after the deadliest shooting in state history.
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills and the Democratic-led Maine Legislature pressed for a number of gun and mental health proposals after the Oct. 25 shooting that claimed 18 lives and injured another 13 people, despite the state’s strong hunting tradition and support for gun owners.
The final vote on the governor’s proposal came early Thursday.
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