Mills signs bill to expand background checks for gun purchases, update ‘yellow flag’ law

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Janet Mills signs background check and ‘yellow flag’ changes into law after Lewiston shooting

AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Janet Mills signed into law Friday her measure to extend background checks to advertised gun sales and make changes to Maine’s “yellow flag” law after the Lewiston mass shooting.Mills, a Democrat, still has not decided on additional gun control bills the Democratic-controlled Legislature passed earlier in April, some by only one vote due to a few majority party members joining with Republicans to oppose them. While lawmaker…