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  • 04 Jul 2013 9:37 PM | Todd
    The winners of the Gun Owners of Maine Membership and Fundraising Drive Giveaway are:

    Derek Myska - Windham Weaponry MPC Rifle
    Paul & Nancy Burke - Beretta U22 NEOS Pistol
    John Belanger - $100 Cabela's Gift Card

    Congratulations to our winners, and deep appreciation to everyone who became a member of or donated to Gun Owners of Maine. You made our work possible.

    There were a total of 209 chances in the drawing, comprised of 58 memberships and 9 donations.
     
    Thank you again to everyone who joined and/or donated.
  • 05 Apr 2013 2:28 PM | Todd
    For thoughts on LD 1022, see Concealed Carry, Training & LD 1022.  For an interview with the bill's sponsor, Rep. Peter Johnson, look here.
  • 04 Apr 2013 12:00 AM | Todd
    LD 345, Rep. Corey Wilson's Concealed Handgun Permit data confidentiality bill, was voted Ought To Pass, as amended, by the Judiciary Committee today by a 10-3 vote.  The amendment will permit the release of aggregate data while protecting individual personal information. The bill now moves back to the House and Senate for further action.
  • 03 Apr 2013 11:55 PM | Todd
    Rep. Drew Gattine's LD 380 could effectively criminalize open carry.  Read about it.
  • 23 Mar 2013 9:27 PM | Anonymous

    CALL TO ACTION!

    Help us protect your privacy in Maine!
    www.gunownersofmaine.org

    What you can do:

    • 1.     Become a member and sign up for our free mailing list: Maine Alert.  The more members we have, the more influence we have upon our legislators, and the better we can lobby on your behalf! 
    • 2.     Tell your friends, we need to get everyone involved!
    • 3.     Call your elected officials right now!
    • ·        Your elected officials feel that this is not a pressing issue, let’s make sure they realize just how important it is to not make law-abiding citizens feel like criminals!  They have chosen to table the bill.  Let us show them the error of their ways!

    The concealed handgun permit privacy bill is: LD-345 Written by Corey Wilson (R-Augusta) This bill will:

    • ·         STOP people that will do anything to make your life harder, just because you choose to exercise your right!
    • ·         Protect your privacy as a law abiding firearms owner.

    1.) Email *and* call the members of the Criminal Justice and Public Safety committee. Politely express your support for LD-345, and urge them to vote in favor of LD-345 today! Email alone does not have the impact of a telephone call.


    Sen. Stan Gerzofsky
    D-Cumberland, Chair
    (207) 373-1328
    stan1340@aol.com

    Rep. Mark N. Dion
    D-Portland, Chair
    (207) 797-6341
    mndion@msn.com

    Sen. David E. Dutremble
    D-York
    (207) 229-6587
    ddutrem1@gmail.com

    Rep. Ricky D. Long
    R-Sherman, Ranking Mbr.
    (207) 267-1828
    rdl_chief@yahoo.com

    Sen. Gary E. Plummer
    R-Cumberland
    (207) 892-6088
    geplummer@aol.com

    Rep. Bryan T. Kaenrath
    D-South Portland
    (207) 409-7137
    kaenrath@gmail.com

    Rep. Alan M. Casavant
    D-Biddeford
    (207) 284-4690
    acasavant@maine.rr.com

    Rep. Timothy I. Marks
    D-Pittston
    (207) 284-4690

    Rep. Joshua R. Plante
    D-Berwick
    (207) 284-4690

    Rep. Thomas M. Tyler
    R-Windham
    (207) 892-9760

    Rep. Jethro D. Pease
    (R-Morrill)
    (207) 342-5910

    Rep. Corey S. Wilson
    (R-Augusta)
    (207) 469-5295

    Rep. Michel A. Lajoie
    (D-Lewiston)
    (207) 713-7119
    lajoie1@midmaine.com


    2.) Call and email YOUR State Representative at 207-287-1400 and your State Senator at 207-287-1540.

    Voice your support for LD-345, Concealed Carry Privacy, urge them to pass it, and insist they oppose all anti-gun proposals this legislative session.  Remind them who they work for, and tell them that you REFUSE TO BE TREATED LIKE A CRIMINAL!
  • 22 Mar 2013 9:32 AM | Todd
    Rep. Tim Marks, the Pittston legislator who has introduced seven bills which would alter Maine's Concealed Handgun Permit system, talks with Gun Owners Of Maine about his bills.  Read the interview in HTML or PDF.
  • 28 Feb 2013 12:18 PM | Anonymous
    We have moved to a new server and will be adding content, forums, premium memberships, and more! We will be able to take donations for our events, drawings, and fight for your 2nd Amendment rights!

    Content will be added each and every day. We are looking forward to  welcoming you as a member of the Gun Owners of Maine!

    Don't Forget to like our Facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/gunownersofmaine

    and our facebook page:
    http://www.facebook.com/gunownersofmaine


    Thank You,
    GOMaine!
  • 27 Feb 2013 12:47 PM | Anonymous
    On Wednesday, January 16, 2013, the National Coalition to Stop the Gun Ban, of which GOMaine! is a founding member issued a response to President Obama’s gun ban scheme.  I have attached it for your review.

    National Coalition to Stop the Gun Ban response to President Obama’s gun ban scheme.

    February 6, 2013

    An Open Letter to Congress and the American People

    The undersigned members of the National Coalition to Stop the Gun Ban, representing some 37 national, state, and local organizations and millions of individual rights advocates, unequivocally oppose any infringement on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Specifically, we oppose any effort to insinuate government controls on private transfers of personal firearms between law-abiding individuals.

    Gun owners are as horrified and outraged as anyone at recent atrocities. Our outrage includes an additional dimension though, as we have come under attack from those exploiting these tragedies to push for new restrictions on guns and gun owners. These proposed restrictions would have no effect on mass shootings or on crime in general, but would interfere with our ability to protect our families.

    In recent weeks, the focus of the gun control movement has been shifting from bans on semi-auto firearms and magazines to a stronger push for “universal background checks.” Unfortunately, “universal background checks” are much more complicated, expensive, and fraught with hazards than most people realize, and as American gun owners learn the implications of these proposals, they will increasingly join us in opposition to them.

    Background Checks Don’t Impede Criminals

    Most criminals obtain the guns they use through theft, straw purchasers, or through the same black market that moves other illicit goods such as drugs and stolen property. They will not be affected by background checks on private sales, just as they are unaffected by current checks on sales from licensed dealers. Nor can background checks stop crazed killers bent on going out in a blaze of infamous glory.
    The murderers at Virginia Tech, the Batman Movie, and Representative Gabrielle Giffords’ event in Tucson all passed background checks. The killers at Columbine got a friend to buy their guns, and the Newtown murderer stole the guns he used after killing the rightful owner. Those guns were legally purchased under Connecticut’s strict gun control laws.

    Firearms purchased legitimately through private transfers are rarely used in violent crime. There are, however, numerous instances of persons in immediate need of a firearm for self-defense being unreasonably delayed by the “instant” background check system. In some cases people have been seriously injured or killed while they were waiting for government approval to buy the gun that might have saved them.

    Injecting Government into Private Transactions is Unproductive and Dangerous

    Checking every person every time they purchase a firearm is redundant, wasteful, and unproductive. The current system is already an overreach by the federal government, and it has serious flaws. It is not uncommon for sales to be delayed and even halted nationwide due to errors, system overloads, and technical problems. Adding private transactions into this unreliable system with its potential for abuse will cost taxpayers additional hundreds of millions of dollars that could be better spent on programs that actually reduce crime. Most importantly, if all firearms transfers require government permission to proceed, the government need only withhold that permission in order to halt all legal transfers. A right delayed is a right denied.

    These proposals also represent a step toward federal registration of guns and gun owners, something that has been historically demonstrated to be of little use for stopping or tracking criminals while placing lawabiding gun owners at risk and laying the foundations for future confiscation. Additionally, a registration system is subject to abuse short of confiscation as when responsible citizens in New York, were recently identified on a newspaper website as being gun owners and were subsequently targeted by thieves and harassed by neighbors. There is no legitimate reason for government to have this information or to share it with self-serving media.

    Compromise on Background Checks is a Losing Proposition

    Politicians and members of the industry thinking about compromising on the idea of background checks for private transfers need to remember two landmark events: Passage of the Clinton gun ban in 1994, and the agreement between the Clinton administration and firearm maker Smith & Wesson in 2000.

    Within months of passage of the Clinton gun ban, hundreds of members of Congress who had voted for the ban were drummed out of office. Revisionists today claim that gun voters had little impact on that purge, but both sides, notably Bill Clinton, blamed the historic change on people voting their gun rights.

    In 1997 Smith & Wesson was almost bankrupted by angry gun owners who boycotted the company after they signed off on an agreement with the Clinton administration subjecting itself to oversight and interference by the federal government in exchange for relief from lawsuits and promised government contracts. Just 1 year later the company was sold for a $100 million loss.

    Don’t Just Do Something; Do Something That Works

    If politicians wish to positively impact the criminal misuse of firearms, and reduce the carnage when a deranged individual or group decides to attack innocents, there are several steps they can take that actually
    work.

    1. Keep violent criminals behind bars. While keeping guns away from criminals and lunatics is very difficult in a free society, keeping criminals and lunatics where they cannot get their hands on guns has proven to be extremely effective. Violent crime has been reduced by more than 50% in the past 20 years even though the number of guns
    and gun owners has gone up dramatically during that time.

    2. Put an end to imaginary Gun-Free Zones. Millions of armed, responsible citizens walk the streets of this nation every day without incident. It is ludicrous to suggest that these same people cannot be trusted around schools, churches, or government buildings. Firearms misuse among lawful carriers is extremely rare, and though they
    have often stopped criminals in their tracks, a person legally carrying a firearm shooting the wrong person or innocent bystanders is almost unheard of. A cardboard sign declaring a space to be “gun-free” is a sham and an invitation to predators.

    Restricting lawful access and use of guns will never deny illicit access and use of guns. We are representatives of groups and organizations all over the nation. With this letter, we put on notice any politician, firearms industry member, or organization that we are determined to protect, defend, and extend Second Amend rights by every means at our disposal. We invite like-minded individuals and organizations to join us.

    Respectfully,
    The National Coalition to Stop the Gun Ban

    National Organizations:
    The Firearms Coalition
    Jeff Knox, Managing Director
    Chris Knox, Director of Communications
    Gun Owners of America
    Larry D. Pratt, Executive Director
    Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
    Charles Heller, President
    OpenCarry.org
    John Pierce, Spokesman
    Rights Watch International
    F. Paul Valone, Executive Director
    Second Amendment Sisters
    Marinelle Thompson, President
    Lee Ann Tarducci, Director of Operations
    USRKBA.org
    Dave Yates, Co-founder
    Dave Van, Co-Founder

    State-level organizations:
    Arizona Citizens Defense League
    Dave Kopp, President
    Arkansas Carry
    Steve Jones, Chairman
    BamaCarry
    Eddie Fulmer, Spokesman
    Connecticut Citizens Defense League, Inc
    Scott Wilson, Sr., President
    Damas de la Segunda Enmienda
    (Ladies of the Second Amendment, Puerto Rico)
    Sandra R Barreras, Executive Vice President
    Firearms Owners Against Crime
    Kim Stolfer, Chairman
    Florida Carry, Inc.
    Sean Caranna, Executive Director
    Richard Nascak, Executive Director
    Grass Roots North Carolina
    F. Paul Valone, President
    Gun Owners Civil Rights Alliance, Minnesota
    Joe Olson, President
    Gun Owners of California
    Sam Paredes, Executive Director
    Gun Owners of Maine
    Todd Tolhurst, Executive Director
    Gun Owners of Utah
    Charles Hardy, Public Policy Director
    Gun Owners of Vermont
    Ed Cutler, Legislative Director
    ICarry.org
    Shaun Kranish, Founder
    Iowa Gun Owners
    Aaron Dorr, Executive Director
    Michigan Gun Owners
    Jeff LaFave, President
    Michigan Open Carry, Inc.
    Phillip Hofmeister, President
    Montana Shooting Sports Association
    Gary Marbut, President
    Nebraska Firearms Owners Association
    Wesley Dickinson, President
    New Hampshire Firearms Coalition
    Jonathan R. Evans, Esq, President
    New Jersey 2nd Amendment Society
    Frank Flamingo, President
    Oregon Firearms Federation
    Kevin Starrett, Executive Director
    Peaceable Texans for Firearms Rights
    Paul Velte, President
    Pennsylvania, ACSL
    Kim Stolfer, Legislative Committee Chairman
    Shooters Committee on Political Education, NY
    Stephen Aldstadt, President
    Utah shooting Sports Council
    Clark Aposhian, Chairman
    Virginia Citizens Defense League
    Philip Van Cleave, President
    West Virginia Citizens Defense League
    Keith Morgan, President
    Western Missouri Shooters Alliance
    Kevin Jamison, Press Officer
    Wisconsin Carry, Inc.
    Nik Clark, Chairman/President

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