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The majority of elected sheriffs in Maine this week announced they are recommending a "no" vote on Question 3 concerning expanding background checks on firearms to include most private transfers.

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The Oregon State Police has closed its case on an clergy member accused of illegally transferring a rifle he spent $3,000 of his church’s discretionary fund winning in a raffle with an aim to destroy it.

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Long-shot Presidential candidate Jill Stein, the nominee for the fourth place in the polls Green Party, outlined her feelings on gun control and confiscation in a recent in-depth interview.

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In support of her first run at election to her position, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has received a big donation from an anti-gun billionaire philanthropist.

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Doh! The first ad by Mainers for Responsible Gun Ownership, a group funded in large part by Everytown, breaks multiple gun safety rules in the first few seconds.

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Gun control group drops first 'Yes on Q1' ad in Nevada, NRA debunks (VIDEO)

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Gov. Brian Sandoval and Atty. Gen. Adam Laxalt have publicly decided not to support a Bloomberg-backed voter referendum to expand background checks on guns to cover most private transfers.

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At least one state lawmaker wants an Oregon clergy member prosecuted after he spent $3,000 of his church’s discretionary fund on raffle tickets for a gun he may have transferred illegally.

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Most of the sheriffs in Nevada recently decided not to support a Bloomberg-backed voter referendum to expand background checks on guns to cover most private transfers.

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A Portland area priest who coughed up $3,000 in a charitable raffle so that the AR-15 would not get a chance to run free and “be used to kill kids in schools" is now under investigation.

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Author Stephen King and entrepreneur Nicolas Hanauer have contributed to Maine's Bloomberg-backed voter referendum to expand background checks to most gun transfers.

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Among the measures enacted by the Governor include directing the state police to track and analyze gun transactions and urging Congress to ban "assault weapons" and enact no fly/no buy legislation.

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