Sec. 1. 15 MRSA c. 15, as amended, is further amended by repealing the chapter headnote and enacting the following in its place:

CHAPTER 15

POSSESSION OF FIREARMS OR CROSSBOWS

BY PROHIBITED PERSONS

Sec. 2. 15 MRSA §393, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2005, c. 419, §7 and affected by §12, is further amended to read:

1. Possession prohibited. A person may not own, possess or have under that person's control a firearm or crossbow, unless that person has obtained a permit under this section, if that person:

A-1. Has been convicted of committing or found not criminally responsible by reason of mental disease or defect insanity of committing:

(1) A crime in this State that is punishable by imprisonment for a term of one year or more;

(2) A crime under the laws of the United States that is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;

(3) A crime under the laws of any other state that, in accordance with the laws of that jurisdiction, is punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding one year. This subparagraph does not include a crime under the laws of another state that is classified by the laws of that state as a misdemeanor and is punishable by a term of imprisonment of 2 years or less;

(4) A crime under the laws of any other state that, in accordance with the laws of that jurisdiction, does not come within subparagraph (3) but is elementally substantially similar to a crime in this State that is punishable by a term of imprisonment for one year or more; or

(5) A crime under the laws of the United States, this State or any other state or the Passamaquoddy Tribe or Penobscot Nation in a proceeding in which the prosecuting authority was required to plead and prove that the person committed the crime with the use of: