AUGUSTA — Maine lawmakers fell short in several attempts Friday to overturn Gov. Janet Mills’ vetoes of bills passed by the Legislature, including one that would have banned rapid fire gun modifications and another that would have set a new minimum wage for farmworkers.
The Maine Senate failed Friday to override Mills’ veto of a bill that would have banned bump stocks and other firearm modifications that can make semi-automatic weapons shoot like machine guns. Senators voted 18-16 in favor of an override, short of the two-thirds support needed.
While gun safety advocates called for the restrictions as a precaution against future mass shootings, Mills said she vetoed that bill because a similar — but narrower — federal rule is being considered by the U.S. Supreme Court, and she worried Maine’s broader definition could have unintended consequences for law-abiding gun owners.
Senators also failed to override the veto of a …