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An Act To Prohibit the Sale of High-capacity Magazines
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  17-A MRSA §1059  is enacted to read:
§ 1059. Sale of high-capacity magazines
 
1.      A person is guilty of sale of a high-capacity magazine if, without authority to do so, the person knowingly sells or supplies a high-capacity magazine to another person.
 
2.      As used in this section, "high-capacity magazine" means a firearm magazine, belt, drum, feed strip or similar device that is used to insert ammunition into a chamber of a firearm and that has the capacity of or can be readily converted to contain or accept more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
 
3.      Sale of a high-capacity magazine is a Class D crime.
 
SUMMARY
This bill makes sale of a high-capacity magazine a Class D crime. A high-capacity magazine is a firearm magazine or other device that is used to load ammunition into the chamber of a firearm and that has the capacity to contain or accept more than 10 rounds of ammunition.