{"id":22586,"date":"2011-03-15T09:04:24","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T13:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=22586"},"modified":"2011-03-15T09:04:24","modified_gmt":"2011-03-15T13:04:24","slug":"maines-stolen-valor-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=22586","title":{"rendered":"Maine’s Stolen Valor Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joining the recent spate of legislation from States in supporting the troops by making trying to be one illegal is Maine. Since several of our readers come from Maine, I thought you’d like to know<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Responding to a question from a committee member, the bill’s sponsor, Rep. David Johnson, R-Eddington, said he was not sure how widespread a problem bogus military claims are in Maine, but Maine National Guard officials say fake claims are spotted from time to time.<\/p>\n

“I’d like to know that we’re solving a problem” before passing a law, said Sen. Stanley Gerzofsky, D-Brunswick, a committee member. Other committee members expressed coolness to the bill’s mandatory minimum jail sentence of nine months in some cases.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I guess Mr. Gerzofsky doesn’t believe in making stolen valor illegal BEFORE there’s a problem. With a new generation, there’s a whole new batch of potential pretenders. What’s the problem with a preemptive measure?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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