Maine law prohibits knowingly possessing a machine gun; however, this prohibition does not apply to machine guns manufactured, acquired, transferred, or possessed in accordance with federal law.¹

Federal law requires machine guns to be registered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), and generally prohibits the transfer or possession of machine guns manufactured after May 19, 1986.²

 See our Machine Guns policy summary for a comprehensive discussion of this issue. 

1. Me. Stat., 17-A §§ 1051-1052.[↩]
2. 18 U.S.C. § 922(o); 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d).[↩]