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By Erin Rhoda, Bangor Daily News Staff
Maine courts have found a way to track whether police are taking away guns from people who can’t have them. But so far, police have only followed the new procedure 26 percent of the time.
How police handle firearm relinquishments has come under scrutiny after the Lewiston mass shooting in which a man who displayed warning signs of mental illness killed 18 people.
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