U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- This week, the Maine Senate voted “ought not to pass” on Legislative Document 1068, a gun confiscation measure that carried over from last year. Thankfully, this measure is now dead and will not move forward this session.
Legislative Document 1068 sought to create two new sections of Maine law, which outline the power of the court in issuing orders or consent agreements for protection from harassment, and authorizes the surrender of firearms. This bill is redundant and unnecessary, burdens Second Amendment rights, and mandated the surrender and confiscation of constitutionally protected property without a hearing and without notice.
Due process limits restrictions on constitutional rights to only serious convictions and adjudications that provide procedural protections to the accused, which results in more reliable proceedings. The Right to Keep and Bear Arms should not be treated as a second-class right and should only be restricted when sufficient protections are in place.
Thank you to NRA Members and Second Amendment supporters who contacted their lawmakers in opposition to this extreme measure. Also, thank you to those legislators who voted against the passage of LD 1068. Stay-tuned to NRA-ILA for more information and updates on our Second Amendment rights in the Pine Tree State.
About NRA-ILA:
Established in 1975, the Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is the “lobbying” arm of the National Rifle Association of America. ILA is responsible for preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals in the legislative, political, and legal arenas, to purchase, possess, and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Visit: www.nra.org
Constitutional Carry – All 50. FJB/FKH & FATF
It has, for many years, been a mystery to me why the 1st amendment to the Constitution has been so important and binding to practically everyone, while the 2nd amendment has been criticized by many of those who are so committed to the 1st. If those folks feel that we are bound by the 1st, why do they not feel the same about the 2nd? We are not at liberty to sanction only the articles of the Constitution that suit our individual desires, and our lawmakers do not legally have that authority. Only the Supreme Court Of The United States… Read more »
“Due process limits restrictions on constitutional rights to serious convictions & adjudications that provide procedural protections…more reliable proceedings. RKBA should not be a 2nd-class right”
NRA made RKBA a 2nd-class right, circumventing the right to trial, claiming that human rights can be stripped by judicial fiat aka “adjudication”, and that “serious” convictions disqualify, including non-violent “crimes” that were legal 100 years ago.
The Negotiate Rights Away (NRA) has specialized in gutting 2nd amendment protections, and has agreed with and co-authored criminally unconstitutional bills that violate our natural right to keep and bear arms, over and over. Ya know what, though? Our rights do not hinge upon or rely upon the Constitution or the 2nd. They could be abolished, voted away, amended, and it would NOT matter One Bit. Because the right to keep and bear arms, any weapon one sees fit to build, buy and possess, is not dependent on anything other than our existence. If you exist, you have the right… Read more »
If you exist, then you should not be allowed to, if you think for yourself, believe In God and demand the right to protect yourself; ie, according to the Marxist idealogue. You must be eliminated as an enemy of the State. I don’t think there are enough people in this Nation to enforce it, as of yet. But it don’t look good right now as to or who is in charge right now. Actually I don’t think anyone is in Charge…………
Yep, NRA & NSSF are run by quislings. I agree abolishing 2A makes no theoretical difference. 2A recognizes a God-given natural right. Practically, of course, it makes a difference: Britain, Australia etc.