Read Article The Maine Legislature will soon be considering several bills regarding gun safety. The passage of such laws has been infrequent at best, as many of our representatives from both political parties and occupants of the Blaine House have been reluctant over the years to embrace the cause. Witness the watering down of a fairly strong Red Flag law to the current relatively ineffectual Yellow Flag process. A bill currently up for consideration, LD 759, the “Safe Storage” bill, would add another category to the current Maine Criminal Code regarding child endangerment. When a loaded firearm was left unsecured on the premises, allowing a child to access the weapon, that would constitute endangerment of the child and become a Class D crime.