Maine considers banning 'straw' gun purchases following April shootings

AUGUSTA (WGME) -- New gun control measures are one step closer to becoming law in Maine. Republicans on the Legislature's public safety panel showe...

May 20, 2023
5:02 AM

AUGUSTA (WGME) -- New gun control measures are one step closer to becoming law in Maine. Republicans on the Legislature's public safety panel showed support on a state ban on straw purchases of guns, according to the Bangor Daily News. A straw purchase is the sale or transfer of a firearm to someone prohibited from possessing one. While it's already illegal for felons to have guns in the U.S., a ban on straw purchases in Maine would allow police to arrest buyers that they run into in local cases.

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