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STATE v. BROWN

571 A.2d 816 (1990)

STATE of Maine v. Edward BROWN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided March 14, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Tierney, Atty. Gen., Charles K. Leadbetter (orally), Garry L. Greene, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for the State.

Daniel W. Bates (orally), Herbert H. Bennett and Associates, P.A., Portland, for defendant.

Jeffrey Jones, Bean, Jones & Warren, Scarborough, Robert Dowlut, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae, Nat. Rifle Ass'n of America & Sportsman's Alliance of Me.

Joel C. Martin, Gerald F. Petruccelli, Petruccelli, Cox & Martin, Portland, for amici curiae, Center to Prevent Handgun Violence Legal Action Project, Michael J. Chitwood, Chief of Police of City of Portland, and Me. Chiefs of Police Ass'n.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, HORNBY and COLLINS, JJ.

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

In 1987 the people of this state voted to amend article I, section 16, of the Maine Constitution to provide that "[e]very citizen has a right to keep and bear arms; and this right shall never be questioned." By their vote the people struck four words, "for the common defense," from the original provision, with the apparent intent of establishing for every citizen the individual right to bear arms, as opposed to the collective right to bear...

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