Maine is #6

[SSN Vet]

Paul Lepage is my man!



Looks like I won't be worrying about renewing my permit. :^)

 

[USAF_Vet]

Congrats!

 

[Twiki357]

I’m not familiar with Maine, but here in Arizona with Constitutional carry, maintaining a CCW is still worth the trouble. No hassle when purchasing a gun, a “calming” effect during LEO interaction, and reciprocity with other states that continue to require big brother’s permission. Just to mention a few benefits.

 

[FIREDCASE]

Doesn't this make Maine #7 ?
VT. AK. AZ. AR. WY. KS. ME.

 

[Salmoneye]

I am seeing nothing in the passed amendments or the initial wording that bars non-residents from carrying concealed:

Original statutes:

http://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/25/title25sec2001-A.html

http://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/12/title12sec11212.html

Amendments as passed and signed:

http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_127th/billtexts/SP024501.asp

 

[zoom6zoom]

Doesn't this make Maine #7 ?
VT. AK. AZ. AR. WY. KS. ME.

Arkansas is contested.
Wyoming is resident only.
Mississipi is now permitless for guns carried in a purse, fanny pack, or other closed container.

 

[Thermactor]

Outstanding. Let freedom ring!

 

[Midwest]

Mississipi is now permitless for guns carried in a purse, fanny pack, or other closed container.

Thanks, I wasn't aware that Mississippi changed it's carry laws.

For those keeping score. Montana is permitless concealed carry outside city limits. They tried twice to become full permitless carry but it was vetoed each time by the governor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_carry#Montana_.28outside_city_limits.29

" In addition to Montana's concealed weapons permit system, state law provides an exception for the prohibition of concealed carry for "a person who is outside the official boundaries of a city or town or the confines of a logging, lumbering, mining, or railroad camp or who is lawfully engaged in hunting, fishing, trapping, camping, hiking, backpacking, farming, ranching, or other outdoor activity in which weapons are often carried for recreation or protection"
.

 

[FROGO207]

Finally common sense prevails around here.
Kind of puts the screws to the bill Pingree got passed for Acadia National Park that said only lawful permit holders would be able to carry in the park and then only if concealed. :banghead: It really needs to go as well now.

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

Congratulations to the citizens of Maine. That's wicked good news.

 

[Red Wind]

Kind of puts the screws to the bill Pingree got passed for Acadia National Park that said only lawful permit holders would be able to carry in the park and then only if concealed.

If your name is Bill Pingree, that is punishment enough! Kudos to the great State of Maine!

 

[MacTech]

I'm so proud to hail from Maine
It's time to celebrate this decision, think I'll purchase a concealed carry handgun soon

It's funny how the northernmost New England states (Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont) are more freedom minded and southern NE (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island) are such nannystates...

 

[Stargazer65]

It's funny how the northernmost New England states (Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont) are more freedom minded and southern NE (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island) are such nannystates...

I think it's because we're so close to NY and NJ, MacTech. We got infected.

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

I'm so proud to hail from Maine
It's time to celebrate this decision, think I'll purchase a concealed carry handgun soon

It's funny how the northernmost New England states (Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont) are more freedom minded and southern NE (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island) are such nannystates...

Well, over the last few years Southern New Hampshire has sort of become the "Smoking Section" of Massachusetts ...

 

[MacTech]

I hate to say it, but my first instinct when I see a car from one of the Nannystates driving in Free New England, is to mutter to myself "go back to <censored> <nannystate>, we don't want you here!

I assume that people from nannystates want to spread their cancerous nanny laws like a highly contagious virus....

To be honest, I'll bet a large percentage of them are simply looking to escape from the oppression of their nannystate, not spread their laws

 

[SSN Vet]

It's funny how the northernmost New England states (Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont) are more freedom minded

Southerners often boast about how hell-yah, yee-haw, freedom loving they are, and how nanny-state-liberal New England is, not realizing that the northern New England states are actually better pro-2A than they are.

I assume that people from nannystates want to spread their cancerous nanny laws like a highly contagious virus....

The difference is really urban vs. rural living, with city critters expecting the gub'ment to provide them "services" and the country folk wondering why the new comers aren't more self reliant and don't do for themselves. The first thing the city transplants whine about is trash collection... too prissy to go to the dump on Saturday morning like all of the locals do. Next it's whining about emergency services not responding in 2 minutes flat, and they balk about the inadequacies of the volunteer fire department. Give it 10 years and they've turned the place into exactly what they moved to get away from... but they don't give a rip, because they bought their house before the market bubbled and the property taxes soared.

To be honest, I'll bet a large percentage of them are simply looking to escape from the oppression of their nannystate, not spread their laws

I really think that they're looking for more affordable housing and lower taxes... period, and I really wish they would go back to Taxechussetes

 

[shafter]

To be honest, I'll bet a large percentage of them are simply looking to escape from the oppression of their nannystate, not spread their laws

True enough. Northern New England is a different world entirely.

 

[CZ223]

I'll be renewing my permit when the time comes

Thank you very much. Since Lepage became Governor, Maine went from reciprocating with a handful of states, to 23 States. On June 5th he signed LD 868 into law which added 17 states to the number that we used to reciprocate with. This is reason enough to keep my permit up to date. I just wish New Hampshire would recognize my permit. The best thing I can say about this new law is that maybe, just maybe, some of these open carry yahoos will exercise their new found right, and carry concealed.

 

[SSN Vet]

New Hampshire has no sales tax and no income tax, so they have to fund the state with fees. I suspect that's why they have
narrow reciprocity. Same goes for snowmobile registration

 

[WC145]

Finally common sense prevails around here.
Kind of puts the screws to the bill Pingree got passed for Acadia National Park that said only lawful permit holders would be able to carry in the park and then only if concealed. :banghead: It really needs to go as well now.

Even though the new law allows for permitless carry for both residents and non residents there are situations, carrying in Acadia National Park for instance, where maintaining a CC permit will be advantageous. I'd read somewhere that the term for Maine permits was being extended to 10 years as part of this. However, I don't know if the process will change as far as training and background check requirements or if it will simply be a matter of attesting to being legal on the application and sending in your check.

This is the summary of the new law from the MSP website-

Summary of Public Law 2015, Chapter XX (127th Legis., LD 652)
Once it goes into effect, Public Law 2015, Chapter 327 (LD 652), “An Act To Authorize the Carrying of Concealed Handguns without a Permit,” allows a person who is not otherwise prohibited from possessing a firearm to carry a concealed handgun in the State of Maine without a permit. This law also authorizes a person to possess a loaded pistol or revolver while in a motor vehicle, trailer or other vehicle being hauled by a motor vehicle.
The new law goes into effect 90 days from final adjournment of the Legislature. It amends statutes in Maine Titles 12 and 25.

Concealed carry without a permit is limited to people who are 21 or older, with the following exception: If a person is 18 years of age or older, and is on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard, or has been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces or the National Guard, and is not otherwise prohibited from carrying a firearm, the person may carry a concealed handgun. A person who is 18-20 years old and without the referenced military qualifications must have a permit to carry concealed.

The law does not otherwise change where a person may carry or who may possess a firearm. It will still be illegal to possess a firearm in the following places, with some very limited exceptions:
• Courthouses (17-A M.R.S. § 1058)
• State Parks (12 M.R.S. § 1803(6), (7) and Bureau of Parks and Lands Rules Chapter 1)
• Acadia National Park (12 M.R.S. § 756)
• Schools (20-A M.R.S. § 6552)
• Federal buildings (18 U.S.C. § 930)
• State Capitol area (25 M.R.S. § 2904 & DPS Rule Chapter 41)
• Private property when prohibited by the property owner
• Establishments licensed for on-premises consumption of liquor, if the premises are posted. Note that even if there is no posted prohibition, it is illegal to carry on these premises while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs. (17-A M.R.S. §1057)

There will be some circumstances in which an optional handgun permit will authorize the permittee to in certain locations or during an activity when an unpermitted person could not:
• Acadia National Park (Permit required; 12 M.R.S. §756)
• State Parks (Permit required; open carry not permitted; 12 M.R.S. § 1803(7))
• Regular archery hunting-deer only (Permit required; 12 MRS § 11403)
• Employees’ vehicles on work premises (Permit required; vehicle must be locked and firearm must not be visible; 26 M.R.S. §600)

If an individual is carrying a concealed handgun without a permit, he/she has a duty, when coming into contact with any law enforcement officer during a routine stop, detention or arrest, to immediately inform the law enforcement officer that the individual is carrying a concealed handgun.

The law pertains only to handguns, not all weapons. It is important to remember that this law does NOT authorize persons who are prohibited from possessing firearms to carry them. If a person is prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm, this law does nothing to change that prohibition. A person may be prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition under state law, federal law, or both. Prohibitions include convictions (felony and qualifying misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence); some juvenile adjudications; many protection from abuse orders, dishonorable discharge from the military; immigration status; deferred disposition status; certain mental health adjudications (civil involuntary commitment; finding of not guilty by reason of insanity; finding of not competent to stand trial) and certain probate adjudications. Prohibitions may also be imposed by conditions of bail, probation, and deferred disposition agreements.

Firearms laws are complex. The summary above is necessarily an overview. Persons may wish to contact qualified private counsel and or review the applicable law if they have questions regarding whether they can legally possess firearms or ammunition. This agency is not authorized to give legal advice. This summary cannot be used as a defense to illegal activity involving firearms or ammunition.
This agency strongly recommends that all persons carrying firearms be familiar with firearms safety and the circumstances under which deadly force may be used.