Voluntary background checks. With a twist.

[Robb]

AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - Supporters of tougher gun control laws for Maine are asking the Legislature to take the first steps to provide background checks for private sales of firearms.

The bill would ask individual gun sellers to do what are termed "voluntary" background checks on buyers. But under the proposed law in L.D. 1240, if a seller does not do a check and the gun is later used in a crime, the seller would face a $500 civil fine. A second offense would make it a Class E misdemeanor. The bill would also make it a Class D crime to knowingly sell a gun to someone not allowed to own one.

The group "Coalition for a Safer Maine" said Wednesday that the background check law would help reduce cases of gun violence. Current law requires licensed gun dealers to do background checks on all sales, but there are thousands of individual, private sales each year in Maine that don't require a background check.

Read More: http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article/246337/68/Bill-would-create-voluntary-checks-for-private-gun-sales

I like this. Use your own judgment, but if your judgment sucks, you're held accountable.

[mindwalker_i]

1. That's a great idea

Republican should support this "personal responsibility" measure, should they not?

Sorry, I'll put the crack pipe down.