Background
On Wednesday, June 25th, the Joint Standing Committee will hold a work session and vote on Bloomberg's radical Red Flag Referendum. At this work session, lawmakers have the opportunity to send the referendum question to the floor to pass the bill through the legislative bodies, adopt a countermeasure, or send the ballot question directly to Maine voters. NRA members and Second Amendment advocates are urged to contact their lawmakers and encourage them to oppose efforts to implement this extreme gun control measure.
Maine's Red Flag referendum seeks to implement laws that would allow individuals to petition a court to suspend a person’s Second Amendment rights and to order the seizure of the person’s guns, despite that person never having been charged with or convicted of a crime. Such orders, based on weak and nebulous standards, can be issued before the gun owner is provided the opportunity to be heard or to present evidence. Governor Janet Mills (D), the Maine State Police, and a broad bipartisan coalition of lawmakers oppose this proposal, citing that it will "undermine" current Maine law and put law enforcement officers at risk.
To contact your local lawmakers, you can use the template provided through the website speak4.app(see below for details).
Action Time-Window
⚠️ Please consider taking action as soon as possible!
Template
The below is from the website speak4.app and was shared by a community member.
For ease of access, you can directly send the below testimony via the speak4.app website here.
Dear [Lawmaker] ,
As your constituent, I encourage you to oppose efforts to pass Red Flag laws in Maine. As you are likely aware, this Red Flag law would undermine current Maine law and implement a failed cookie-cutter gun control more akin to Massachusetts, California, and New York than Maine. Instead of passing a radical Red Flag law, Maine would be better served by funding critical mental health initiatives and supporting law enforcement officers in our state.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
[Your name]
[Your town/city]
Credit for sharing 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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