PA Bill Number: HB335
Title: In inchoate crimes, further providing for prohibited offensive weapons.
Description: In inchoate crimes, further providing for prohibited offensive weapons. ...
Last Action: Removed from table
Last Action Date: May 1, 2024
Sabattus man (veteran) told he can't carry gun in trailer park :: 03/15/2016
SABATTUS (WGME) -- A Sabattus man is fighting for his Second Amendment right, after he was told he can't carry a gun in the trailer park where he lives.
"I wear these for a reason," said Ray Carrier, clutching the dog tags he wears around his neck. "It reminds me that I have constitutional rights."
Carrier is a veteran of the Air Force and a strong supporter of the right to bear arms, more so since he became disabled.
"It's not my intention to harm anyone, but I don't want to get beaten up or robbed because I'm an easy target," said Carrier.
He's lived in the Oak Hill Trailer Park for seven years, but said he found out last week that guns aren't allowed. The list of park rules was delivered with a notice of an increase in rent.
"When you go to rule number 24, it states that no firearms may be fired or carried about the person in park property," said Carrier. "And I believe that's wrong."
Carrier owns the mobile home itself and can still keep his four firearms inside.
"If I drive my vehicle from here to the mailbox, I'll be on his property with my weapon and I could be evicted," Carrier said.
Daniel Boutin owns the 114 unit trailer park. He declined to speak with CBS 13 on camera, but said the rule has existed for 30 years for liability reasons and Carrier should have paid closer attention. Boutin said he didn't want to hand out a long list of possible scenarios, instead chose to go with a 'no guns' policy and look at it on a case by case basis.
Boutin said he would not evict Carrier for simply carrying a gun from his home to his car, but added he's received two complaints from other residents about Carrier.
"This could be a dangerous road we're following," said David Trahan, who heads the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine.
Trahan said the state needs a policy to address the situation, rather than leaving it up to each individual land owner.
"Are we gonna now have bans on RV parks? On gravel roads? On private roads, where there's no enforcement, where you don't know where the lines are?" said Trahan. "There's just such a complexity of issues associated with allowing this man's actions to stand."
He said his organization is already talking to the National Rifle Association about proposing legislation to protect the rights of people, just like Carrier.
"I'm not a rich man, but I just want to live out how many years God's gonna give me in this land to be free," said Carrier.
Until then, Carrier said he will continue to carry.
http://wgme.com/news/local/sabattus-man-told-he-cant-carry-gun-in-trailer-park
