§11212.__Motor vehicles and motorboats

1.__Prohibition.__The following provisions apply to shooting from a motor vehicle or motorboat or possessing a loaded firearm in a motor vehicle.

A.__A person may not shoot while in or on a motor vehicle or motorboat or while in or on a trailer or other type of vehicle being hauled by a motor vehicle except:

(1)__A person may hunt migratory waterfowl from a motorboat in accordance with federal regulations;

(2)__Paraplegics and single or double amputees of the legs may shoot from motor vehicles that are not in motion; and

(3)__A person may shoot from a motorboat when the motor is shut off and the boat is drifting, beached, moored, resting at anchor or is being propelled solely by paddle, oars or pole.

B.__A person may not, while in or on a motor vehicle or in or on a trailer or other type of vehicle being hauled by a motor vehicle, have a firearm with a cartridge or shell in the chamber or in an attached magazine, clip or cylinder or a muzzle-loading firearm charged with powder, lead and a primed ignition device or mechanism, except that a person who has a valid Maine permit to carry a concealed weapon may have in or on a motor vehicle or trailer a loaded pistol or revolver covered by that permit.

C.__A person may not possess a wild animal or wild bird taken in violation of paragraph A or B, except as otherwise provided in this Part.

§11213.__Shooting at or near wildfowl decoys

1.__Prohibition.__A person may not with a firearm:

A.__Shoot or shoot at a wildfowl decoy of another; or

B.__Shoot within an area encompassed by a set of another person's wildfowl decoys, including the area 50 yards away from the outer perimeter of the set of decoys.