Yesterday in Maine, David beat Goliath

themainewire.com ^ | 11/9/2016 | Krysta West

[rktman]

Mainers weren’t supposed to defeat Michael Bloomberg’s agenda on the ballot yesterday. His propaganda was too powerful, his budget was limitless and his paid “grassroots” army was unstoppable.

The media seemed to be with him at every turn, echoing his talking points as fact and endorsing the question, one after another. And all along, the polls were in his favor.

But Mr. Bloomberg made one fatal mistake: he underestimated the power of the “little guy.”

He thought that victory in Maine through our ballot referendum process would be simple and that we would be a bargain (…at only $6 million). By saturating our media with his lies and propaganda, he thought he could convince Mainers that there’s something wrong with our gun-owning community.

But he failed to take into account our longstanding tradition of responsible gun ownership and safety, much like the Humane Society of the United States did twice before him.

He wanted you to believe that Maine gun owners are irresponsibly exploiting some made-up “loophole”, instilling fear into the hearts of those who don’t understand our culture and traditions.

[rktman]

Congrats to Maine. Sadly, NV did NOT beat back the assault on our rights and further infringing (what does that mean anyway?). The initiative won by less than 10,000 (0.8%) votes and the only county that it actually won in was Clark county which is vegas. Now some will suffer under this BS law. Others will simply ignore it.

[bramps]

Sorry but Maine voted for Hillary. All other rights would have eventually fallen.

[MNJohnnie]

CD 1 in ME when to Trump

[farming pharmer]

Most people will simply ignore the law.

[apillar]

Most people will simply ignore the law.

Yep, utterly unenforceable. In Colorado there has not been one successful prosecution and only 13% of private gun sellers even bothered to comply. The law would only be enforceable if every gun was registered so sales could be tracked, which was the gun grabbers real goal. Universal Background Checks would be used as a vehicle for universal registration. Unfortunately for the gun grabbers, the route is now dead with Trump's election and the soon to be Conservative majority Supreme Court.

[rktman]

What law? 🔫 🤑

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Actually, it is CD 2, not CD 1.

I live in CD 2 and it covers 80% of the State of Maine....in area, it is the largest congressional district east of the Mississippi River.

My kinfolk and I voted for Donald Trump and we voted “No”
to so-called “universal background checks,” i.e., the end of private guns sales in Maine, something that has been happening without issue for 300 years.

The police chiefs were all for the measure; the elected sheriffs were not and they did commercials on TV in uniform, with their names and counties on the TV screen, expressing their opposition to so-called “universal background checks.”