Lawsuit seeks to abolish Maine’s Sunday hunting ban

AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) – A lawsuit has been filed on the Kennebec County Courthouse in Augusta looking for to abolish Maine’s Sunday looking ban.

Opponents say the ban infringes on their constitutional “proper to meals,” a statewide modification that went into impact late final yr after being authorized by voters.

It provides Mainers rights to develop, increase, produce, and devour meals of their alternative.

Those that wish to overturn the Sunday ban say the modification contains language that offers Mainers the precise to hunt any day of the week.

Maine and Massachusetts are the final two states with this long-standing blue legislation.

Legislative makes an attempt to finish the ban haven’t been profitable because the legislation went into impact greater than a century in the past.

Government Director of Maine Hunters United for Sunday Searching, Jared Bornstein, says the ban is an injustice based mostly on non secular social legislation and never on organic wants.

“From my view, the legislature’s reticence to finish this ban doesn’t come from a spot of outright opposition, although a minority of legislators do oppose it. Lots of them cite constituents who concern for his or her security. Three non-hunters have died in looking accidents in 30 years. Searching stays safer for hunters and non-hunters than boating, driving and strolling on major roads,” mentioned Jared Bornstein, Maine Hunters United for Sunday Searching.

Maine Hunters United for Sunday Searching say they really feel strongly the courtroom will invalidate this lengthy standing statute.

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