Background
The Committee on Judiciary will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, June 11 2025 at 3:00 PM at
📍 State House, Room 438, Augusta, to discuss LD 1378 “An Act to Protect Maine Communities by Enacting the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act."
EVEN IF YOU MISS THE JUNE 11 DATE, STILL SUBMIT TESTIMONY!! WE'LL HAVE A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE WORK SESSION!!
If you want to read LD 1378 click here: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?PID=1456&snum=132&paper=&paperld=l&ld=1378
In lieu of personally testifying on these bills, you may testify via Zoom, or by online testimony using the following link: https://www.mainelegislature.org/testimony/. Do this prior to the public hearing.
See below for EVERYTHING you're going to need to get this done, including testimony!
🔹 Steps to submit testimony online:
1️⃣ Click: "Public Hearing".
2️⃣ Choose a committee: "Judiciary" - using the drop-down menu.
3️⃣ Choose date: June 11, 2025, 3:00 PM - using the drop-down menu.
4️⃣ Click: LD 1378
5️⃣ Enter your testimony in the box (or click the checkbox if you want to testify via Zoom).
6️⃣ Complete your contact information.
7️⃣ Click: "I'm not a robot"
8️⃣ Click: "Submit/Register".
You can find a video tutorial on 'Submitting Testimony in Maine" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYnhN4ZlpoQ
Action Time-Window
⚠️ Please consider taking action asap to ensure your testimony is received ahead of the hearing/working session.
Template
The below is a community member's testimony. Feel free to use it, something of your own (recommended), or something as simple as as "I oppose LD 1378, and "it ought not to pass." To get other wording ideas, as online testimony is submitted for this bill, you can see it here: https://keepmainesafe.com/the-facts-1#b1197509-aff4-48ed-9ffb-5b1c39ee1535 after clicking on the bill number.
I oppose LD 1378 “An Act to Protect Maine Communities by Enacting the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act.”
Here we go again, another attempt at unconstitutional gun control. Another attack on law-abiding Maine citizens, and a direct violation of our Maine Constitutional rights, specifically Article 1, Section 16: “To keep and bear arms. Every citizen has a right to keep and bear arms and this right shall never be questioned.” This is a solution looking for a problem that Maine does not have. I oppose any bill intending to strip Maine citizens of our Constitutional rights.
- Maine has long been one of the safest States in the Nation. We don’t need people from other states, with higher crime rates, telling us how to live.
- Red Flag Laws allow – without the person’s prior knowledge and with very little evidence – someone’s firearms to be removed based on a petition by their family members (including former spouses or partners), household members or law enforcement.
- Red Flag Laws have no due process: having your property removed BEFORE having your day in court is not an American value.
I oppose unconstitutional LD 1378, and it “ought not to pass.”
Credit for the above goes to our community member Danny (@DannyEmerson61) from the South Berwick Republican Committee (@BerwickSouth).
Disclaimer
A community member has shared this personal template for those who wish to express their views on the bill(s) mentioned above. This template is not an official PTP position, and using it is entirely up to you. Pine Tree Patriots encourages civic participation but does not endorse or support specific actions or policies. Please remember this is an individual initiative.
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