Mandatory Gun Ownership Rejected In Maine Town

Byron, Maine rejected mandatory gun ownership.

About 50 registered voters in Byron on Monday voted against an article that read: “Shall the town of Byron vote to require all households to have firearms and ammunitions to protect the citizens?”

Even Anne Simmons-Edmunds, head of the select board, who initially supported the measure, says she voted it down.

The measure was proposed by her father, Bruce Simmons. He voted it down too, saying the wording was wrong. He says it should have read “recommend’ rather than “require.”

Some of the town’s roughly 140 residents say the proposal made the town a laughingstock.

Randy Richards says he’s a gun owner, but resented the proposal because it was government overreach.

By: William

retired military , former cop, lifelong gym rat and doting grandfather alive and living in Maine