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| | | An Act To Redefine "Muzzle-loading Firearm" |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7001, sub-§23-A, as repealed and replaced by PL 1993, | | c. 438, Pt. A, §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its | | place: |
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| | | 23-A.__Muzzle-loading firearm.__"Muzzle-loading firearm" means | | a muzzleloader, a traditional muzzleloader or a muzzle-loading | | shotgun. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7001, sub-§§23-B and 23-C are enacted to read: |
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| | | 23-B.__Muzzleloader.__"Muzzleloader" means a firearm that: |
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| | | A.__Is capable of being loaded only through the muzzle; |
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| | | B.__Is ignited by a matchlock, wheel lock, flintlock or | | caplock, including an in-line caplock or shotgun or rifle | | primer mechanism; |
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| | | C.__Has a rifled or smooth-bored barrel or barrels, each | | barrel capable of firing only a single charge; |
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| | | D.__Propels a ball, bullet or charge of shot; and |
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| | | E.__May have any type of sights, including scopes. |
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| | | 23-C.__Muzzle-loading shotgun.__"Muzzle-loading shotgun" means | | a firearm that: |
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