On Aug 10, 2005, at 12:28 AM, Robert Woolley wrote:
2. Maine
Title 17-A, ยง 1057:
1. A person is guilty of criminal possession of a firearm if:
A. ... [T]he person possesses any firearm on the premises of a licensed
[i.e., licensed for on-premises consumption of liquor] establishment
posted
to prohibit or restrict the possession of firearms in a manner
reasonably
likely to come to the attention of patrons, in violation of the posted
prohibition or restriction....
This appears to mean that a liquor licensee can post a prohibition on
firearms, including those carried by holders of permits, but the
posting is
legally ineffective if the person carries his handgun in a manner that
is
*not* reasonably likely to come to the attention of patrons.
Whoa. I believe this is the usual grammatical ambiguity that
legislatures in the area are famous for.
Instead, parse as follows:
A person is guilty of criminal possession of a firearm if:
[T]he person possesses any firearm on
the premises of a licensed establishment
posted [to prohibit or restrict the possession of
firearms]
in a manner reasonably likely to come to the attention of
patrons,
in violation of the posted prohibition or restriction....
In other words, the POSTING is reasonably likely to be noticed.
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