On Wednesday, June 25th, the Joint Standing Committee will hold a work session and vote on Bloomberg’s radical Red Flag Referendum. At this work session, lawmakers have the opportunity to send the referendum question to the floor to pass the bill through the legislative bodies, adopt a countermeasure, or send the ballot question directly to Maine voters. NRA members and Second Amendment advocates are urged to contact their lawmakers and encourage them to oppose efforts to implement this extreme gun control measure. To contact your local lawmakers, click the TAKE ACTION button below.
Maine’s Red Flag referendum seeks to implement laws that would allow individuals to petition a court to suspend a person’s Second Amendment rights and to order the seizure of the person’s guns, despite that person never having been charged with or convicted of a crime. Such orders, based on weak and nebulous standards, can be issued before the gun owner is provided the opportunity to be heard or to present evidence. Governor Janet Mills (D), the Maine State Police, and a broad bipartisan coalition of lawmakers oppose this proposal, citing that it will “undermine” current Maine law and put law enforcement officers at risk.
Please stay tuned to the NRA-ILA website and your inbox for updates as this legislative session progresses.
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