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An Act To Protect Children by Requiring Trigger Locks on Handguns
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §455-B  is enacted to read:
§ 455-B.  Trigger lock requirement
 
1.  Definition.     For the purposes of this section, "firearm" has the meaning set forth in Title 17-A, section 2, subsection 12-A, except that "firearm" does not include a rifle, machine gun or shotgun.
 
2.  Trigger lock.     A dealer may not sell, let or loan to a person a firearm that is not equipped with a trigger lock.
 
SUMMARY
This bill prohibits firearm dealers from selling handguns unless the guns are equipped with trigger locks.