Post by mainedawg on Mar 27, 2012 15:16:51 GMT -5
Emergency Powers Legislation Moving in Augusta
Contact your state Representative Today!
The Maine legislature is moving on more pro-gun legislation in this session. Legislative Document 1859 was voted “ought to pass” by the Joint Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety. LD 1859 will soon go to the floor of the state House of Representatives for consideration.
LD 1859, introduced by state Representative Michael Shaw (D- 102), “An Act to Protect Firearm Ownership during Times of Emergency,” would simply clarify that, during any declared state of disaster or emergency, lawfully possessed, used, carried, transferred, transported, stored or displayed firearm or ammunition cannot be seized from law-abiding citizens.
This important legislation would protect law-abiding citizens of Maine from experiencing the blatant violation of their constitutional rights that occurred in New Orleans, LA and Greenburg, KS where law-abiding citizens were stripped of their firearms by overzealous government officials. In New Orleans, the NRA was forced to file a lawsuit to stop this egregious violation of rights of people who were only trying to protect their families and property.
Please call AND e-mail your state Representative today and urge him or her to SUPPORT LD 1859. Contact information or help identifying your state Representative can be found here.
Don’t forget to forward this alert to your family, friends and fellow gun owners across Maine and urge them to also contact their state Representative. We need to ensure that every state Representative knows LD 1859 is a law that Maine needs to protect its law-abiding gun owners.
This alert is posted to www.nraila.org/legislation/state-legislation/2012/03/emergency-powers-legislation-moving-in-augusta