On Thursday, April 9th, LD 1821, the FFL Killer Bill failed on the House floor in Augusta on a bipartisan vote (85-63). In the same session, LD 1009, creating a pathway for firearms rights restoration, overcame a negative committee report and was passed on the House floor. Both bills will now be transmitted to the Senate, where they could be voted on as early as tomorrow. Please use the TAKE ACTION button below to contact your senator and ask them to follow the House and SUPPORT LD 1009 and OPPOSE LD 1821.
LD 1009 would create a pathway for rights restoration for certain categories of nonviolent felons who have paid their debt to society. While it may be constitutional for violent felons to lose their rights after their sentence is served, there is no basis for those who were not a threat to themselves or others to permanently lose their civil rights.
LD 1821 purports to ensure responsible business practices by licensed firearms dealers but does little more than impose costly burdens on already highly regulated businesses. The ATF already monitors and inspects FFLs across the US, and while law enforcement agencies can already submit TRACE requests in investigating a crime involving a specific firearm, L.D. 1821 would open the door to baseless inspections of FFL transaction records, raising serious concerns around privacy and due process. This bill, in effect, creates a de facto registry of all firearms purchased and sold in Maine.
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