Post by Logan on Feb 23, 2016 8:04:31 GMT -6
NRA pushes for Maine bill to block gun restrictions in subsidized housing
AUGUSTA — The National Rifle Association is making a big push for passage of a bill that would prevent private property owners in Maine who receive public housing subsidies from restricting tenants’ possession of guns in their rental units.
The bill to be heard Wednesday before the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee was prompted by Harvey Lembo of Rockland, a retired lobsterman who says a property management company infringed on his rights when it threatened to evict him from his apartment unless he relinquished the handgun he used to shoot an intruder last year.
In mailings to its members, the NRA says the bill would prevent public housing authorities from limiting the gun ownership rights of their tenants. But that’s not entirely accurate, because the measure is written more broadly, defining public housing as “any housing that is financed in whole or in part with public funds subsidizing housing accommodations.”
As a result, the bill also would determine whether private property owners who receive public subsidies, such as federal Section 8 housing vouchers, can prevent their tenants from possessing guns on the property.
Read more: www.pressherald.com/2016/02/23/nra-pushes-hard-for-maine-bill-blocking-gun-restrictions-on-housing-that-gets-public-subsidy/
AUGUSTA — The National Rifle Association is making a big push for passage of a bill that would prevent private property owners in Maine who receive public housing subsidies from restricting tenants’ possession of guns in their rental units.
The bill to be heard Wednesday before the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee was prompted by Harvey Lembo of Rockland, a retired lobsterman who says a property management company infringed on his rights when it threatened to evict him from his apartment unless he relinquished the handgun he used to shoot an intruder last year.
In mailings to its members, the NRA says the bill would prevent public housing authorities from limiting the gun ownership rights of their tenants. But that’s not entirely accurate, because the measure is written more broadly, defining public housing as “any housing that is financed in whole or in part with public funds subsidizing housing accommodations.”
As a result, the bill also would determine whether private property owners who receive public subsidies, such as federal Section 8 housing vouchers, can prevent their tenants from possessing guns on the property.
Read more: www.pressherald.com/2016/02/23/nra-pushes-hard-for-maine-bill-blocking-gun-restrictions-on-housing-that-gets-public-subsidy/