Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes various red flag gun purchase provisions and authorizes family members or law enforcement officers to petition the court to seize guns or stop the purchase of a gun from a person suspected of posing a significant danger to themselves or others in the state of Maine.

Highlights:

• Defines terms related to crisis intervention in Maine (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that the district court has jurisdiction of all proceedings highlighted in this act (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that judicial proceedings must occur in the judicial division where the defendant resides (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that a family member, a law enforcement agency, or a law enforcement officer may file a petition to request the court issue a crisis intervention order (Sec. 1). 

• Authorizes the court to prohibit a person under a crisis intervention order from receiving, buying, or possessing a firearm (Sec. 1). 

• Requires the court to provide a written finding of the fact or oral findings of fact on record (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that violation of an order shall result in imprisonment or fine (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that an order can be issued ex parte without informing the respondent (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that the court may issue this order by phone or email (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that the court shall determine the issuance of an order on preponderance of the evidence (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies how an imminent and clear danger may be established by the court (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies how to terminate a motion from the court to dismiss the order (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text