Maine’s new red flag law takes effect

By: Lauren McCauley

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: February 21, 2026

Words: 282

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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The red flag law passed by Maine voters in November takes effect Saturday, expanding the ways firearms can be temporarily confiscated from someone deemed a threat to themselves or others.

More than 62.5% of Mainers who voted in the November 2025 election backed the citizen initiative. Maine now joins twenty-one other states, including four in New England, that already have an extreme risk protection order that allows family or household members to directly …

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