ME LD677

Updates Maine's "machine gun" definition to include any part or combination of parts designed for converting a weapon into a machine gun, such as devices allowing multiple shots from a single trigger pull

Creates new criminal offense for knowingly possessing a "rapid-fire device" without authorization

Defines "rapid-fire device" as any device that materially increases the rate of fire of a semi-automatic firearm, including bump stocks that use recoil energy to facilitate repeated trigger activation and binary triggers that fire on both pull and release

Classifies possession of a rapid-fire device as a Class D crime

Referred to the Judiciary Committee; presented by Senator Carney of Cumberland with 9 cosponsors