PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Two years after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, Maine residents voted on whether to make it easier for family members to petition a court to restrict a potentially dangerous person’s access to guns.

Two years after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, Maine residents voted Tuesday to make it easier for family members to petition a court to restrict a potentially dangerous person’s access to guns.

A ballot question asked residents if they wanted to build on the state’s yellow flag law, which allows police officers to initiate a process to keep someone away from firearms. Approval adds Maine to more than 20 states that have a red flag law, which empowers family members to take the same step.

Gun safety advocates began pushing for that after 18

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