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Gun Owner and Firearm Registration Bill on Move in Maine

Gun Owners of America E-Mail/FAX Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
http://www.gunowners.org

March 8, 2001


Dear Maine Gun Rights Supporters,

I need you to right away contact your State Senator and
Representative and ask him or her to oppose L.D. 464, the Gun Owner
and Firearm Registration Bill.

To find out who your Senator and Representative is, please go to
http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm and under Guide to States
click on Maine.

You can reach your legislators by calling the House at 800-423-2900
and the Senate at 800-423-6900. The main switchboard phone number
is 207-287-1400 and the fax number is 207-287-4469.

At the end of this message, you'll find a pre-written message for
you to use and complete contact rosters.

L.D. 464 would require anyone selling a firearm -- either as a
dealer or through a private sale -- to be licensed and registered
with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF).
And L.D. 464 would force all firearms sales to undergo the Brady
Instant Registration Check, expanding the registration of gun owners
and giving government an electronic record of all who purchase a
firearm.

This means that if the anti-gunners get their way, ALL firearms
transfers could be shut down with the flip of bureaucratic switch.
It has already happened many times and you can bet it will happen
again.

Worse yet, your personal information will be illegally stored in a
federal database. In contempt of the federal law, the bureaucrats
in control of the Brady Instant Registration Check continue to add
the names of gun owners to their database and refuse to destroy
those records.

As residents in New York City, California, England and Australia
know, gun registration leads to gun confiscation.

If L.D. 464 passes, a dealer or private citizen who wants to sell a
firearm must also: pay $200 to the BATF, submit their fingerprint
to the federal government, waive their Fourth Amendment
Constitutional rights and allow federal agents to search their home
once a year, and they must get zoning approval and permission from
their chief of police before they can sell a firearm.

According to inside sources, anti-gunners are attempting to pass
L.D. 464 out of the Joint Committee on Criminal Justice with an
amendment that waters down the bill (possibly to only cover gun
shows and not private sales) in order to amend it with the original
language once the bill is on the floor later.

And of course, anti-gunners so loosely define a gun show that it
could mean a few vendors or only one or two firearms being sold or
transferred. For example, if members of a gun club trade, buy or
sell a firearm at a meeting without conducting a Brady Instant
Registration Check, the entire club could face criminal penalties.

Tell your Senator and Representative to oppose L.D. 464 in any shape
or form and vote against it at every opportunity.

If your Senator or Representative is on the Joint Committee on
Criminal Justice (see Roster Number 1), please ask him or her to
oppose L.D. 464.

And even if your legislator is not on the Criminal Justice Committee
(see Roster Number 2 for the Senate and Roster Number 3 for the
House), please contact your Senator and Representative and ask him
or her to oppose L.D. 464.

Please act at once.

Sincerely,

Denis Fusaro
Director of State Legislation


***** Pre-written message to your Senator *****

Senator ___________________________
Maine State Senate
3 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333

Dear Senator,

I urge you to oppose L.D. 464, the Gun Owner and Firearm
Registration Bill, at every opportunity.

L.D. 464 would require anyone selling a firearm -- either as a
dealer or through a private sale -- to be licensed and registered
with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF).
And L.D. 464 would force all firearms sales to undergo the Brady
Instant Registration Check, expanding the registration of gun owners
and giving government an electronic record of all who purchase a
firearm.

I oppose this expansion of government power and regulation,
especially since the U.S. Constitution guarantees that my Second
Amendment rights shall not be infringed.

Freedom is not a loophole. Do not support L.D. 464 or any other
bill designed to register private sales of firearms.

Gun Owners of America will keep me informed on the outcome of this
attempt to register gun owners in Maine.

Sincerely,

Name: _________________________

Address: _______________________

City/ST/Zip: ____________________


***** Pre-written message to your Representative *****

Representative ___________________________
Maine House of Representatives
2 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333

Dear Representative,

I urge you to oppose L.D. 464, the Gun Owner and Firearm
Registration Bill, at every opportunity.

L.D. 464 would require anyone selling a firearm -- either as a
dealer or through a private sale -- to be licensed and registered
with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF).
And L.D. 464 would force all firearms sales to undergo the Brady
Instant Registration Check, expanding the registration of gun owners
and giving government an electronic record of all who purchase a
firearm.

I oppose this expansion of government power and regulation,
especially since the U.S. Constitution guarantees that my Second
Amendment rights shall not be infringed.

Freedom is not a loophole. Do not support L.D. 464 or any other
bill designed to register private sales of firearms.

Gun Owners of America will keep me informed on the outcome of this
attempt to register gun owners in Maine.

Sincerely,

Name: _________________________

Address: _______________________

City/ST/Zip: ____________________


***************

To find out who your Senator and Representative is, please go to
http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm and under Guide to States
click on Maine. You can reach your legislators by calling the House
at 800-423-2900 and the Senate at 800-423-6900. The main
switchboard phone number is 207-287-1400 and the fax number is
207-287-4469.

Roster Number 1 -- Joint Committee on Criminal Justice

Senate Members:

Dis Pty Name Phone (207) E-Mail

08 R Davis 876-4047 SenDavis@midmaine.com
29 D O'Gara 774-9467
34 R McAlevey 247-5719 mmcalevey@cybertours.com

House Members:

Dis Pty Name Phone (207)

119 D Blanchette 942-8692
050 D Gerzofsky 373-1328
027 R Glynn 799-5319
094 D Mitchell 592-3537
089 D O'Brien 782-5276
055 R Peavey 882-6800
127 D Povich 667-7116
033 D Quint 774-8638
071 R Snowe-Mello 784-9136
126 R Tobin 924-5521
143 R Wheeler 429-9108


Roster Number 2 -- House of Representatives
(* Cosponsor of L.D. 464)

Dis Pty Name Phone (207)

002 R Andrews 363-4714
112 R Annis 564-0820
105 D Ash 338-3485
133 D Bagley 255-6567
117 D Baker 947-8564
147 R Belanger 496-2821
109 R Berry 342-5675
093 D Berry 897-3664
119 D Blanchette 942-8692
024 D Bliss 799-8229
090 D Bouffard 782-3663
009 R Bowles 324-9325
035 D Brannigan 772-6047
107 D Brooks 223-5041
038 R Bruno 655-7443
067 D Bryant 562-8224
044 R Buck 846-9366
048 D Bull * 865-0190
106 R Bumps 968-3030
136 D Bunker 796-7910
099 D Canavan 872-6221
138 R Carr 794-3911
122 R Chase 884-7416
006 R Chick 457-1141
084 D Chizmar 353-2247
140 D Clark 723-5746
022 R Clough 839-4696
007 R Collins 985-2485
091 D Colwell 582-5231
087 D Cote 740-7202
092 D Cowger 622-0655
060 R Crabtree 785-6398
047 R Cressey 625-4557
037 D Cummings 775-2560
013 R Daigle 282-0761
040 R Davis * 797-5309
146 D Desmond 764-1011
063 D Dorr 236-4710
030 D Dudley * 774-3623
131 D Dugay 546-9752
145 R Duncan 764-4100
121 D Dunlap 827-8989
029 D Duplessie 797-8482
114 R Duprey 862-5785
001 D Estes 439-3479
051 D Etnier * 833-2378
115 D Fisher 989-4149
041 R Foster 657-4756
080 D Fuller 622-0293
069 D Gagne 336-2836
050 D Gerzofsky 373-1328
027 R Glynn 799-5319
134 D Goodwin 726-5574
078 R Gooley 778-2368
083 D Green 933-9178
056 D Hall 563-8604
137 R Haskell 827-7296
050 D Gerzofsky 373-1328
027 R Glynn 799-5319
134 D Goodwin 726-5574
078 R Gooley 778-2368
083 D Green 933-9178
056 D Hall 563-8604
137 R Haskell 827-7296
098 D Hatch 474-3435
043 D Hawes 675-3723
064 R Heidrich 539-4102
058 R Honey 633-5560
053 D Hutton 666-3811
075 D Jacobs 224-7749
065 R Jodrey 824-2239
111 D Jones 695-2604
016 D Kane 934-2066
125 R Kasprzak 368-4990
130 D Koffman 288-8930
023 R Labrecque 892-9532
141 D Landry 528-2465
077 D LaVerdiere 645-5330
018 D Laverriere-Boucher 284-6701
116 R Ledwin 989-4627
020 D Lemoine 934-4146
052 D Lessard 725-4158
021 R Lovett 883-3030
144 D Lundeen 429-8558
004 R MacDougall 676-9582
095 R Madore 626-0982
086 D Mailhot 783-0841
036 D Marley 878-3224
100 D Marrach * 861-0154
102 D Matthews 873-6523
054 R Mayo 442-8053
032 D McDonough 774-3349
066 D McGlocklin 566-5740
104 D McGowan 487-2862
079 D McKee 685-4385
042 R McKenney 829-5472
025 D McLaughlin 799-6190
062 R McNeil 596-6242
088 R Mendros 783-6475
074 I Michael 782-8975
151 D Michaud 834-5411
094 D Mitchell 592-3537
135 R Morrison 427-6161
005 R Murphy 698-1355
008 R Murphy 985-3904
026 D Muse 799-0772
045 R Muse 935-4725
011 R Nass 477-2607
034 D Norbert 797-9757
120 D Norton 947-8873
103 R Nutting 465-7139
096 R O'Brien 623-2930
089 D O'Brien 782-5276
015 D O'Neil * 284-8850
150 D Paradis 728-4854
070 D Patrick 364-7666
055 R Peavey 882-6800
128 R Perkins 326-8609
118 D Perry 942-2493
076 D Pineau 897-3898
132 R Pinkham 667-6214
127 D Povich 667-7116
033 D Quint 774-8638
097 D Richard 696-3049
049 D Richardson 729-5451
057 D Rines 882-9794
113 R Rosen 469-3779
014 D Savage 727-4516
031 D Saxl * 828-8052
085 R Schneider 926-3051
142 R Sherman 532-7073
072 R Shields 782-7451
073 D Simpson 777-1379
061 D Skoglund 372-8893
149 D Smith 868-3418
071 R Snowe-Mello 784-9136
139 D Stanley 746-5371
108 R Stedman 938-4890
017 D Sullivan * 282-5594
012 D Tarazewich 247-6907
101 D Tessier 453-2325
123 D Thomas 866-7945
039 R Tobin 892-4620
126 R Tobin 924-5521
081 D Tracy 397-5601
059 R Trahan 832-4135
124 R Treadwell 848-5123
010 D Tuttle 324-5964
019 D Twomey 283-3178
028 D Usher 854-8530
129 D Volenik 359-2106
046 R Waterhouse 647-5686
082 D Watson 582-7047
110 R Weston 589-4481
143 R Wheeler 429-9108
003 D Wheeler 439-2082
068 R Winsor 527-2233
148 R Young 325-4497


Roster Number 3 -- State Senate
(** Sponsor of L.D. 464; * Cosponsor of L.D. 464)

Dis Pty Name Phone (207) E-Mail

01 D Martin 444-5556
02 R Kneeland 488-5311
03 D Michaud 746-9069 mmichaud@kai.net
04 R Shorey 454-0523 shorey@nemaine.com
05 I Goldthwait 288-5461 jillgold@acadia.net
06 R Youngblood 989-2190 senateemy@aol.com
07 D Cathcart 866-3054 maryorono@aol.com
08 R Davis 876-4047 SenDavis@midmaine.com
09 R Sawyer 942-1771
10 R Mitchell 269-2071 senatorblm@cs.com
11 D Longley 589-4353 longley@midcoast.com
12 R Savage 785-4632 csavage@midcoast.com
13 R Mills 474-3821 SenPeter.Mills@state.me.us
14 D Gagnon 872-2338 kgagnon@colby.edu
15 D Daggett 622-9053 daggett@mint.net
16 D Kilkelly 882-5410 kilkelly@wiscasset.net
17 R Woodcock 778-6220
18 D Treat * 582-6702 streat@powerlink.net
19 D Small 443-2220
20 D Nutting 524-3941 SenJohn.Nutting@state.me.us
21 D Rotundo 784-3259
22 D Douglass **782-1518 neriadouglass@adelphia.net
23 D Edmonds 865-3869 edmonds@qwi.net
24 R Ferguson 364-7641
25 R Bennett 527-2289 rbennett@megalink.net
26 R Turner 829-9231 KwTurner@yahoo.com
27 R Abromson 773-3990 SenJoel.Abromson@state.me.us
28 D Rand 772-7704 Anne.Rand@state.me.us
29 D O'Gara 774-9467
30 D Bromley 799-2065 lynnbro@ibm.net
31 D Pendleton 883-5414
32 D LaFountain 283-8529 senlloydlafountain@hotmail.com
33 R Carpenter N/A carpies@cybertours.com
34 R McAlevey 247-5719 mmcalevey@cybertours.com
35 R Lemont 439-3698 lemonthsel@aol.com


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