May 17, 2013
Maine lawmakers have also jumped on the gun control bandwagon.
This article summarizes 3 gun control measures. One is the typical background investigation issue that we've seen federally and in all the states that have considered new gun control measures. The other 2 are more surprising and perhaps more significant. They're intending to remove certain rights that exist today for people carrying firearms for self defense purposes. Why would they do this?
They want to ban firearms in state parks and historic sites. Why? Has there been a trend of gun-related crime in state parks by LAW ABIDING people? Of course not! Our federal government went the opposite way on this several years ago - allowing firearms in national parks. This is the gun control crowd trying to solver non-existent problems by infringing on 2nd Amendment rights!
They also want to repeal a law from just 2 years ago "which prohibits an employer from banning an employee with a valid Permit to Carry Concealed Firearms from keeping a firearm in the employee's vehicle as long as the vehicle is locked and the firearm is not visible." This is ludicrous! It's one thing to allow a business owner to not allow concealed or open carry on their private property - assuming the place where actual business is conducted. But the parking lot! This effectively means than any employee of a gun control advocate boss cannot exercise their 2nd Amendment right to self defense for the majority of their travels - to and from work and any related errands, shopping or eating out, etc. Are the customers of these businesses equally restricted? It doesn't say here. But it makes NO sense either way. What if the patron is a traveler and is just transporting a firearm? States have different laws for "carry" and "transportation" of firearms, but a firearm in a vehicle that is not in view is pretty much the same when it's in a parking lot. There's no other way to look at this except as an assault on 2nd Amendment rights.
http://www.nraila.org/legislation/state-legislation/2013/5/maine-your-action-is-needed-to-halt-attacks-on-the-second-amendment.aspx
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