{"id":3277,"date":"2024-05-13T17:17:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T17:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3277"},"modified":"2024-05-13T17:17:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T17:17:11","slug":"maine-democrats-fail-to-override-veto-on-awb-measure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3277","title":{"rendered":"Maine Democrats Fail To Override Veto On AWB Measure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screen-Shot-2024-05-13-at-10.52.39-AM.png\" data-caption=\"\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"569\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screen-Shot-2024-05-13-at-10.52.39-AM-696x569.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screen-Shot-2024-05-13-at-10.52.39-AM-696x569.png 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screen-Shot-2024-05-13-at-10.52.39-AM-300x245.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screen-Shot-2024-05-13-at-10.52.39-AM-700x572.png 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screen-Shot-2024-05-13-at-10.52.39-AM-768x627.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screen-Shot-2024-05-13-at-10.52.39-AM-1536x1255.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screen-Shot-2024-05-13-at-10.52.39-AM-150x123.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screen-Shot-2024-05-13-at-10.52.39-AM-1068x873.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screen-Shot-2024-05-13-at-10.52.39-AM.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screen-Shot-2024-05-13-at-10.52.39-AM-514x420.png 514w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screen-Shot-2024-05-13-at-10.52.39-AM-560x458.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Screen Shot 2024-05-13 at 10.52.39 AM\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>An effort by anti-gun lawmakers to overturn Maine Gov. Janet Mills\u2019 veto of the state\u2019s \u201cassault weapon\u201d ban legislation has failed.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the state Senate voted 18-16 to overturn the governor\u2019s veto of <a href=\"https:\/\/legislature.maine.gov\/backend\/App\/services\/getDocument.aspx?documentId=104298\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LD 2086<\/a>. However, that vote fell far short of the two-thirds needed to overturn the veto.<\/p>\n<p>While referred to as a \u201cbump stock ban\u201d by supporters in the legislature, the measure actually would have gone far beyond banning those devices. The legislation would actually have created a backdoor ban on commonly owned firearms and firearm parts by redefining a \u201cmachine gun\u201d to include any semi-automatic firearm that includes parts that could \u201cincrease the rate of fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not a staunch gun-rights supporter, Gov. Mills nevertheless realized that the measure\u2019s poorly written language might have had devastating effects on lawful Maine gun owners, hence the veto. Mills said she agreed that semi-automatic firearms converted into the functional equivalent of a machine gun should be restricted, but said she was concerned that certain language in the bill could have a \u201crisk for unintended consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch legislation should only be developed in a deliberate, inclusive and clear manner for both gun safety advocates and those concerned with protecting lawful access to firearms,\u201d Mills said in the veto message.<\/p>\n<p>While originally faced with a number of anti-gun measures likely due to last fall\u2019s mass murder in Lewiston, Maine gun owners have managed to fend off most of the efforts. Not all of them, though.<\/p>\n<p>The governor allowed a measure requiring a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/governors-inaction-means-maine-gun-purchasers-will-have-to-contend-with-waiting-period\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three-day waiting period<\/a> before gun purchasers who have already passed the federal background check can have a new gun transferred to them. She also signed bills making it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/red-flag-bill-on-the-move-in-maine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">easier to confiscate firearms<\/a> without due process, requiring background checks for private sales through online means and strengthening a law that forbids \u201creckless\u201d sale of a gun to a prohibited person.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the override vote for the AWB measure and several others, Republican Rep. Mike Soboleski was hopeful the vetoes would be sustained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe fought hard on all of these, we fought very hard,\u201d Rep. Mike Soboleski told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmtv15news.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WMTV<\/a>. \u201cThis is our day to get a little bit back, and we\u2019ll sustain them all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Proponents of the measure, however, were disheartened by the failed override vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really disappointed it was vetoed,\u201d said Sen. Anne Carney, who sponsored several pieces of anti-gun legislation this session. \u201cI think it\u2019s a big issue of public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/maine-democrats-fail-to-override-veto-on-awb-measure\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 An effort by anti-gun lawmakers to overturn Maine Gov. Janet Mills\u2019 veto of the state\u2019s \u201cassault weapon\u201d ban legislation has failed. On Friday, the state Senate voted 18-16 to overturn the governor\u2019s veto of LD 2086. However, that vote fell far short of the two-thirds needed to overturn the veto. 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