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Strimling proposes assault-weapon ban in Maine
AUGUSTA - A state senator wants Maine to activate an assault-weapons ban similar to a federal ban that expired in September.
Sen. Ethan Strimling's, D-Portland, proposal would ban manufacturing, transferring and possession of assault weapons in Maine. It would also ban .50-caliber rifles, but exempt antique weapons.
Strimling wants to give Maine law enforcement leeway to develop a system to identify new assault weapons and add them to the list.
Strimling said military-grade weapons are unnecessary and dangerous and he calls his bill a common sense approach to gun control. Maine Citizens Against Handgun Violence supports his bill.
http://news.mainetoday.com/midday/midday.shtml#2
AUGUSTA - A state senator wants Maine to activate an assault-weapons ban similar to a federal ban that expired in September.
Sen. Ethan Strimling's, D-Portland, proposal would ban manufacturing, transferring and possession of assault weapons in Maine. It would also ban .50-caliber rifles, but exempt antique weapons.
Strimling wants to give Maine law enforcement leeway to develop a system to identify new assault weapons and add them to the list.
Strimling said military-grade weapons are unnecessary and dangerous and he calls his bill a common sense approach to gun control. Maine Citizens Against Handgun Violence supports his bill.
http://news.mainetoday.com/midday/midday.shtml#2