The Maine Warden Service is expressing concerns about the enforceability of a proposal to require background checks for private gun sales or transfers and about Question 3’s potential impacts on the state’s sportsmen. In a statement released Tuesday morning, the warden service said Question 3 “could make criminals out of responsible firearm owners” and is written in such a way “that it will be difficult – if not impossible – for wardens to enforce.” Of particular concern to wardens are requirements under Question 3 that people would have to get background checks before loaning a gun to another person, a common practice among hunters.
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