SP0363
LD 1111
First Regular Session - 123rd Legislature - Text: MS-Word, RTF or PDF LR 1453
Item 1
Bill Tracking Chamber Status

An Act To Protect Children by Requiring Trigger Locks on Handguns

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §455-B  is enacted to read:

§ 455-B Trigger lock requirement

1 Definition.   For the purposes of this section, "firearm" has the meaning set forth in Title 17-A, section 2, subsection 12-A, except that "firearm" does not include a rifle, machine gun or shotgun.
2 Trigger lock.   A dealer may not sell, let or loan to a person a firearm that is not equipped with a trigger lock.

summary

This bill prohibits firearm dealers from selling handguns unless the guns are equipped with trigger locks.


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