Assault Weapons Ban in Maine
One has been submitted to committee:
A leading supporter of a proposed ban on assault weapons warned Monday that it was only a matter of time before someone is killed with one of the targeted guns.
But gun rights advocates told lawmakers that Sen. Ethan Strimling´s bill would chip away at their constitutional protections and serve no useful purpose.
Strimling, D-Portland, told the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee that his bill would fill a gap left by the expiration of a federal assault weapons ban last September after being in effect for a decade.
You mean that gap that led to absolutely no increase in crime nor blood in the streets? Any way, if you’re in Maine, you may want to get on the horn to your reps.
May 3rd, 2005 at 11:14 am
Be interesting to see how they try to slide it past the RKBA clause in the Maine state constitution, which, IIRC, is one of the strongest in the country.