Posted October 23, 2015 10:25 pm by Comments

By Dean Weingarten

(courtesy gunownersofmaine.org)
The Secretary of State in Maine has approved the following petition for the elimination of private sales of firearms in the Pine Tree State. Of course that’s not what it’s proponents are saying, but under the proposed law the federal government would have to recognize all firearms sales before any sale would be legal. It would require that the State keep records on the firearm and the purchaser, and turn over such records to the federal government. This is the elimination of private sales; once the transaction must be pre-approved by the government and records kept, the sale is no longer private. Check out the wording here, or make the jump for the text . . .

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2014 is enacted to read:

§2014. Background checks for firearms sales and transfers

1. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following
meanings.

A. “Corrections officer” has the same meaning as in section 2801-A, subsection 2.

B. “Family member” means husband, wife, domestic partner, parent by blood, parent by adoption, child by blood, child by adoption, sibling by blood, sibling by adoption, grandparent, grandchild, niece, nephew, …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns

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