FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 21, 2025
Possible Maine 2026 gubernatorial candidate testifies against repealing Maine gun safety laws
On April 16, 2025, former Democratic gubernatorial candidate John M. Glowa, Sr. of South China, testified before the legislature’s Judiciary Committee in opposition to repealing two important Maine gun safety laws. Specifically, Glowa opposes repealing the 72 hour waiting period for gun purchases and repealing mandatory background checks for private gun sales. Glowa is currently considering an independent run for governor in 2026.
According to Glowa, “I will neither be intimidated by the NRA and SAM, nor will I be bought by them. I will always put human lives before guns, and I will always put the public interest before the special interests.”
This is Glowa’s testimony:
The testimony I give today is the most important testimony I have ever given anywhere. I am testifying here today to try to save lives, because I believe human lives are more important than guns, and because I and millions of people are sick and tired of guns being used to kill people-some 40-50,000 Americans each year. Let me be abundantly clear. Unlike many in the state and federal governments, I support and respect the U.S. Constitution. This includes the Second Amendment-the entire Second Amendment which was never intended to allow for unrestricted ownership of guns. It was intended to allow for, “…a well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state.”
They said it couldn’t happen in Lewiston, Maine until October 25, 2023, when Robert Card shot and killed eighteen people and wounded thirteen more. They said it couldn’t happen in Sandy Hook, Connecticut until December 14, 2012, when Adam Lanza shot and killed twenty students and six adults. I grew up and went to school just ten miles from where the Sandy Hook slaughter occurred. School shootings were not even thought of when I was in school.
Personally speaking, I was in a toxic relationship for decades. I refused to ever have a gun, fearing that there would one day be a murder suicide in my home. It only takes seconds to pick up a gun in anger and pull the trigger. Once the bullet is out of the barrel, there is no turning back.
To those organizations like the NRA and SAM, I say shame on you. You have succeeded in manipulating the courts and the entire political system. How many millions of men, women and children have been killed or never even been born because of your actions? Thanks to pro-gun zealots, Article 1, Section 16 of Maine’s constitution reads, “Every citizen has a right to keep and bear arms and this right shall never be questioned.” What does this even mean? Does this mean that Maine can never enact gun safety laws?
Those who oppose gun safety laws because they claim they are not enforced, don’t want them enforced. To them, not enforcing the law is a reason to strike pro-gun safety laws from the books or to not enact them at all. As a Maine resident, voter, taxpayer, father of two, grandfather of six and soon to be great grandfather, I urge you to not repeal the 72 hour waiting period and background checks for private gun sales. It’s worth it to save even one life, especially if that life is yours.
Contact: John M. Glowa, Sr. phone 207-660-3801 email johnglowaforgovernor@gmail.com
website https://johnglowaforgovernor.com
