MAINE, USA — After Maine’s red flag law was passed via ballot referendum last fall, advocates expressed hope that the law would expand pathways for family members to get dangerous weapons out of their loved ones’ hands quickly. But in the two months since the law went into effect, only four petitions for a red flag order have been filed in Maine courts. Meanwhile, law enforcement agencies have completed 86 yellow flag orders, an average of one per day since Feb. 21.