Gun legislation is beginning to move forward again in Maine, as 3 bills are scheduled to be heard before the Judiciary Committee on March 26th!
The pro-gun bills:
Although Maine has been a Constitutional carry state since 2015, the right to carry a firearm without a permit is restricted to individuals aged 21 and older. This right is also limited in certain areas, such as state parks, where the state’s “optional” carry permit is still required.
These infringements would be solved by passing LD 424 (HP 278), which lowers the constitutional carry age to 18, and LD 829 (SP 356) – which removes the requirement that a person have a valid permit in order to carry a concealed handgun in state parks, Baxter State Park, the Allagash Wilderness Waterway and Acadia National Park.
Alongside the two pro-gun bills is a sole anti-gun bill:
LD 677 (SP 292), which expands the definition of a machine gun and makes it a crime to own a “rapid-fire device” which the bill defines as a device, part, or combination of parts that increases the rate of fire of a semi-automatic firearm beyond its standard rate of fire. This ban specifically references binary-triggers, trigger cranks, forced reset triggers, and bump-stocks.
Again, these bills are being heard before the Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, March 26th. Send a message to your State Legislators immediately using the form above or by clicking here and tell them to vote PRO-GUN on March 26th!