Please Contact the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee!
The Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee has scheduled a work session for Monday, April 13 where it will consider two bills taking aim at dismantling gun shows as well as private firearm sales inLD814, sponsored by State Representative Anna Blodgett (D-56), requires that a National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) check be performed by a federally licensed gun dealer prior to the sale or transfer of a firearm at a gun show. If passed, gun show promoters would be responsible for any failure to perform the required background check and would be subject to a fine of up to $10,000 for each occurrence. LD814 also requires gun show operators to post signs notifying attendees of the background check requirement. Gun owners selling an occasional firearm must be provided access to licensed dealers to perform the required background checks.
LD985, introduced by State Senator Nancy Sullivan (D-4) would require that a federally licensed firearms dealer facilitate all sales, transfers, and loans of firearms. This would mean that you would have to pass a background check before borrowing a gun to go hunting or target shooting. Dealers could subject these transactions to a fee that cannot exceed $10.
In fact, a federally licensed collector would be restricted from selling or transferring firearms at a gun show or by private sale under these proposals.
Please contact the members of the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee TODAY and respectfully urge them to oppose LD814 and LD985. Contact information can be found below.
State Senator Stan Gerzofsky (D-10), Chair
(207) 287-1515
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State Senator John M. Nutting (D-17)
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State Senator Gerald M. Davis (R-11)
(207) 797-5309
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State Representative Anne M. Haskell (D-117), Chair
(800) 423-2900
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State Representative Stephen P. Hanley (D-59)
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State Representative Walter A. Wheeler, Sr. (D-151)
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State Representative James M. Schatz (D-37)
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State Representative Michel A. Lajoie (D-71)
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State Representative Veronica Magnan (D-41)
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State Representative Richard M. Sykes (R-98)
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State Representative Christian D. Greeley (R-22)
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State Representative Gary E. Plummer (R-111)
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State Representative David C. Burns (R-32)
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