Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that prohibits certain forms of firearm storage defined as negligent in Maine.

Highlights:

• Requires that specific signage be conspicuously posted at gun shows and points of firearm sales containing the following (Sec. 1-3):

• A notice highlighting the risk of suicide, death during domestic violence, and death of children posed by the presence of firearms in the home;

• Contact information for the applicable suicide and crisis hotline; and

• A warning of criminal prosecution for the failure to securely store firearms.

• Defines negligent firearm storage and establishes the following violations (Sec. 6).

• Class D crime if a minor or prohibited person uses the firearm to threaten or commit a crime; and

• Class C crime if a minor or prohibited person uses the firearm to cause death or serious injury.

• Specifies certain exceptions (Sec. 6).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that prohibits certain forms of firearm storage defined as negligent in Maine.

Highlights:

• Requires that specific signage be conspicuously posted at gun shows and points of firearm sales containing the following (Sec. 1-3):

• A notice highlighting the risk of suicide, death during domestic violence, and death of children posed by the presence of firearms in the home;

• Contact information for the applicable suicide and crisis hotline; and

• A warning of criminal prosecution for the failure to securely store firearms.

• Defines negligent firearm storage and establishes the following violations (Sec. 6).

• Class D crime if a minor or prohibited person uses the firearm to threaten or commit a crime; and

• Class C crime if a minor or prohibited person uses the firearm to cause death or serious injury.

• Specifies certain exceptions (Sec. 6).

Full Bill Text