Police have upped their use of Maine’s ‘yellow flag’ law since the state’s deadliest mass shooting

Associated Press

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s governor says there has been a huge jump in law enforcement requests for Maine courts to allow guns to be seized from people deemed a danger to themselves or others since the deadliest mass shooting in state history. Maine’s extreme risk protection order law was strengthened after an Army reservist killed 18 people at two locations in the city of Lewiston last October. Gov. Janet Mills said Friday that since the attack, the law has been used 15 times more often than it was during the three previous years.