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Top Maine Democrat to Hunters: Support Gun Control If You Want to Keep Hunting
Steve RobinsonBY STEVE ROBINSONJANUARY 23, 2024UPDATED:JANUARY 24, 202421 COMMENTS3 MINS READ2K VIEWS
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Maine sportsmen had better fall in line with the Democratic Party’s upcoming push for gun control if they want to continue to enjoy sport shooting and hunting in Maine.
That’s the message Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Allagash) shared with Democratic Party activists at a private event on Saturday hosted by Food and Medicine, according to an audio recording of his remarks obtained by the Maine Wire.
“We need to do more, make sure that people like Robert Card doesn’t get, uh, you know, guns,” Jackson said at a meeting hosted by Food and Medicine, the dark money nonprofit that is listed as Jackson’s employer on his financial disclosures.
“I mean, if you’re a gun advocate, if you’re someone, uh, comes from a hunting, you know, tradition, I would say that the best way to make sure that you continue to do what you you love and, uh, have done all your life, is to make sure that Robert Card doesn’t get, that people like Robert Card, doesn’t have weapons,” Jackson said.
The Senate President didn’t elaborate on why Mainers might not get to continue to hunt or use firearms if they failed to fall in line with the Democratic Party’s proposed restrictions on gun ownership. But the implication seems clear: support the coming push for gun control or risk harsher restrictions on gun ownership and gun use in the future.
Top Maine Democrat to Hunters: Support Gun Control If You Want to Keep Hunting
Steve RobinsonBY STEVE ROBINSONJANUARY 23, 2024UPDATED:JANUARY 24, 202421 COMMENTS3 MINS READ2K VIEWS
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Maine sportsmen had better fall in line with the Democratic Party’s upcoming push for gun control if they want to continue to enjoy sport shooting and hunting in Maine.
That’s the message Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Allagash) shared with Democratic Party activists at a private event on Saturday hosted by Food and Medicine, according to an audio recording of his remarks obtained by the Maine Wire.
“We need to do more, make sure that people like Robert Card doesn’t get, uh, you know, guns,” Jackson said at a meeting hosted by Food and Medicine, the dark money nonprofit that is listed as Jackson’s employer on his financial disclosures.
“I mean, if you’re a gun advocate, if you’re someone, uh, comes from a hunting, you know, tradition, I would say that the best way to make sure that you continue to do what you you love and, uh, have done all your life, is to make sure that Robert Card doesn’t get, that people like Robert Card, doesn’t have weapons,” Jackson said.
The Senate President didn’t elaborate on why Mainers might not get to continue to hunt or use firearms if they failed to fall in line with the Democratic Party’s proposed restrictions on gun ownership. But the implication seems clear: support the coming push for gun control or risk harsher restrictions on gun ownership and gun use in the future.
