Yellow Flag/Red Flag?
What is the difference between a Red Flag law and Maine’s Yellow Flag law? We do the work for you.
MGSC Response to Lewiston Shootings
Message from the Board Chair: We all are heartbroken by the shootings in Lewiston.
Pediatricians Program Safe Storage Video
The Maine Gun Safety Coalition Foundation and Falmouth Maine Police Department developed this user/parent friendly safe storage video.
Response to Mass Shooting
Maine Gun Safety Coalition responds to first mass shooting in Maine.
Maine CDC releases annual report of firearm fatalities; suicides by gun increase significantly in 2021
Maine CDC releases annual report on firearm fatalities and hospitalizations for 2021.
Remembering Lives Lost to Gun Violence
Groups gathered to Remember Lives Lost to Gun violence during an annual memorial service in December. You can watch a video of it here.
Joint Statement on School Shooter Hoax
The Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (MAAP), Maine Education Association (MEA), and Maine Gun Safety Coalition (MGSC) stand firmly together in our support of Maine school communities.
Federal legislation does not go far enough
Federal law in response to the shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde law is a significant step, but few states ban the purchase of long guns for the age group of the perpetrators. Maine is not one of them.
A Canadian man shot and killed 22 people. Three of his guns came from Maine
The Portland Press Herald has now covered the story of how the worst mass shooting in Canadian history was abetted by Maine's dangerously lax gun laws and the ubiquity of firearms in the state. The MGSC Board, and indeed all of Maine is lucky to have Margaret Groban to once again speak so knowledgeably on this tragic story.
Gun deaths surged during the pandemic’s first year, the C.D.C. reports
The CDC has now confirmed what many outlets have previously reported: America's gun violence crisis is spiraling out of control. The massive surge in gun sales during the beginning of the pandemic, coupled with the loosening of gun laws and regulations around the country since then will only make things worse going forward.
How the Novia Scotia gunman got his weapons and who may have helped him in Maine
Unfortunately it is no surprise that in a state awash in guns and with massive loopholes in our background check, and gun sale and transfer laws, Maine played a role in this tragedy.
Sagadahoc Sheriff’s Office to host gun safety training in wake of 2021 shootings
MGSC Executive Director Geoff Bickford spoke with the Times Record about the gun safety training program being offered by the Sagadoahoc Sheriff's Office.
In a first, firearms were leading cause of death for U.S. children and teens in 2020
Guns became the leading cause of death among children and teens in 2020, killing more people ages 1 to 19 in the U.S. than vehicle crashes, drugs overdoses or cancer.
Merrick Garland: Ghost guns are real guns. And we'll regulate them to save lives
MGSC applauds the Biden Administration for taking the long-overdue action of regulating ghost guns as what they are: not parts, not kits, not regular hobbyist gun smithing, but guns.
Insight: Guns in the COVID era: An expert discusses trends in gun sales and gun violence in pandemic America
Be sure to check out this excellent interview in the Portland Press Herald with Garen Wintemute, an emergency medicine physician at the University of California, Davis, Medical Center and director of the California Firearm Violence Research Center, discussing the relationship between the massive surge in gun sales during the peak of the Covid 19 pandemic and the subsequent spike in firearm-involved crimes.
Federal Government Funds Gun Violence Research for Third Straight Year
Last week saw one bright spot in the passage of the $1.5 trillion dollar budget: Congress allocated “$25 million allocation for gun violence research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. It’s the third year in a row for federal gun violence research funding since it was restarted in 2019 after a decades-long embargo.”
Ethan's Law Now Has Bipartisan Support
Ethan's law/HR 748 which is nearly identical to Maine's own firearm safe storage law, and which will protect kids nationwide from unsecured, loaded firearms, now has BI-PARTISAN CO-SPONSORSHIP!
Guns overtake car crashes as leading cause of US trauma-related deaths, study says
Firearm deaths have overtaken car crashes are the leading cause of death by trauma in the US according to a new report published in the journal Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open.