Maine bill would ban replica guns in schools

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AUGUSTA, Maine — Fake guns on school grounds would be prohibited in Maine, under a bill state lawmakers plan to take up at a public hearing Monday.

The bill would make it a crime to have replica firearms on school property — from pellet guns to fake guns that don’t shoot anything. The bill is not aimed, however, at toy guns with bright orange markings.

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