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> United States > Maine > Referenda > 2016 Referenda > Q3: Requires specific background checks for gun sales and transfers

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Referendum

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Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

August 01, 2016 - 12:00am Central

Polls Open

November 08, 2016 - 05:00am Central

Polls Close

November 08, 2016 - 07:00pm Central

Term Start

December 31, 2016 - 12:00pm

Term End

December 31, 2999 - 12:00pm

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Last Modified

RP May 23, 2017 11:44am

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Do you want to require background checks prior to the sale or transfer of firearms between individuals not licensed as firearms dealers, with failure to do so punishable by law, and with some exceptions for family members, hunting, self-defense, lawful competitions, and shooting range activity?

his initiated bill requires a background check before a firearm sale or transfer between individuals not licensed as firearm dealers. If neither party to a sale or transfer has a federal firearms license, the parties meet at a licensed firearm dealer, who conducts a background check on the transferee and completes the sale or transfer as though selling or transferring from the dealer's own inventory. Exceptions to the background check requirement are made for transfers between family members, while the parties are hunting or sport shooting, for emergency self-defense, in the presence of the transferor and in other circumstances.

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