Our Show Up Network
By joining our Show Up Network, we will keep you informed on gun safety issues and proposed legislation. SUN members and its partners successfully lobbied the Legislature to enact several pieces of legislation in the 2021-2022 session.
22nd Annual Buzz Fitzgerald Awards
Thank you to everyone who watched, supported, donated, volunteered, spoke, and cheered along during our 22nd Annual Fitzgerald Awards Program last night. It was a tremendous success, and we cannot thank our supporters enough!
Working with Humanium Metals to turn unwanted firearms into jewelry
We are incredibly proud to partner with Humanium Metal for a new project in which unwanted firearms are removed from Maine police departments, destroyed, converted to usable material, and then fashioned into high end jewelry.
Rep. Doudera bill to reduce child access to loaded firearms heads to Governor
The Maine Senate voted 20-15 on Wednesday to advance legislation sponsored by Representative Vicki Doudera, D-Camden intended to protect Maine children from death and injury from loaded firearms. LD 759 would amend the child endangerment laws to include unauthorized access to firearms for children under 16.
MGSC Speaks to News Center Maine About the Growth of so-called “Second Amendment Sanctuaries” in Maine
Maine Gun Safety Coalition Executive Director Geoff Bickford spoke with News Center Maine/NBC 10 in Portland about Fort Fairfield’s declaration as a “second Amendment Sanctuary.'“ As Geoff notes, MGSC is "not presently concerned or worried about [these ordinances] because these things have no legal effect."
MGSC Speaks to the Press About Shooting of Two-Year Old in Waterville
Maine Gun Safety Coalition Executive Director Geoff Bickford spoke with WABI CBS in Bangor about tips for firearm safe storage and how to avoid a repeat of the completely avoidable shooting of a 2 year old in Waterville earlier this month.
Maine needs a Child Access Prevention law now.