Mainers Debate Bill To Let Towns Ban Guns From Polling Places, Public Meetings

Gun rights advocates are opposing a bill that would allow municipalities to prohibit firearms at voting places and governmental meetings.

The bill’s sponsor, state Sen. Cathy Breen, a Democrat from Falmouth, says the proposal is meant to give communities the option to ban firearms, which could intimidate some people or escalate tensions during public meetings.

But Turner resident Jamie Robinson says such prohibitions will only punish law-abiding gun owners, while making the public less safe.

“Evil people do not care about the law. Creating so-called gun-free zones means that only the law-abiding are gun free. It has no effect on the criminal element,” he says.

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