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Gun control debate returns to Maine State House as lawmakers take up slate of new bills

Summary by Portland Press Herald
Lawmakers are considering proposals for banning bump stocks and other rapid fire devices, prohibiting untraceable 'ghost guns' and easing Maine's concealed carry law.

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Maine Legislature weighs updates to machine gun definition, ghost gun regulations

Supporters and some opponents of gun safety reforms rallied at the State House on January 3, 2024, less than three months after Maine's deadliest mass shooting. (Photo by Jim Neuger/ Maine Morning Star) Doctors, high school students, religious leaders, hunters, a law professor and dozens more showed up in Augusta Wednesday to give their input on a new slate of gun legislation before the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee.  Given the public intere…

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But many of the measures likely face stiff political headwinds given the tighter margins between Democrats and Republican in both chambers of the Legislature and past, bipartisan opposition to some of the issues.

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Gun control debate returns to Maine State House as lawmakers take up slate of new bills

Lawmakers are considering proposals for banning bump stocks and other rapid fire devices, prohibiting untraceable 'ghost guns' and easing Maine's concealed carry law.

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Portland Press Herald broke the news in Portland, United States on Wednesday, March 26, 2025.
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