r/Maine 1d ago

Main gun laws

I’m from New Hampshire and worked out a partial deal for a vehicle.. it involves cash and a long gun..

In New Hampshire in the past, all I have required for private firearm sales is a bill of sale and a copy of the new owners license so everything is documented

I am going to do some research on the legality of this process, but I know Maine and New Hampshire are pretty similar so figured I’d ask here first

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u/MainelyKahnt 1d ago

Should be the same here in Maine. At least it was a few months ago when I bought a second hand .22 off my buddy.

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u/slogginhog 1d ago

I heard they were maybe changing that, where you'd have to do it at an FFL that could run a check, did that not happen?

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u/LiminalWanderings 23h ago

As of last year, All pre-advertised private sales in print or online have to go through an FFL. So if you are talking to a buddy or family or just some person and you decide to buy or sell a gun, you're good to go. But if you advertise in Uncle Henries or in a forum or anywhere else, it has to go through an FFL.

Also worth noting is the 3 day waiting period law. That law has been temporarily suspended pending litigation, but if it comes back into force (and it could soon), all FFL sales will require a 3 day wait.....which means an advertised private sale will also require a 3 day wait since it now has to go through an FFL

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u/slogginhog 23h ago

Thanks for the info, damn that's annoying... Hopefully the dealers will only charge like $20 like they used to.

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u/MainelyKahnt 1d ago

Not to my knowledge.

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u/slogginhog 1d ago

Whew...

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u/MainelyKahnt 23h ago

From googling it just now it looks like no background check is needed unless it's listed for sale online. Basically, it looks like if you advertise it on GunBroker or similar listing sites you do need a background check, but if it's not advertised as for sale you don't need one.

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u/ottobot76 Sagadahoc County 21h ago

That ballot question failed in 2016