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Gun Control & RKBA

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts) Fri Oct 16, 2015, 05:55 PM Oct 2015

Concealed Carry In Maine No Longer Requires A Permit [View all]

A law effective Thursday allows people in the state of Maine to carry concealed handguns without a permit.

The new statute, which applies to both residents and non-residents ages 21 and over, means that anyone not otherwise banned from carrying a firearm can carry a concealed handgun within state borders. Keeping a loaded pistol or revolver inside a motor vehicle is allowed as well. Adults ages 18-20 who are on active military duty, or who have been honorably discharged from the military, are also included.

Read the rest at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/concealed-carry-permit-maine_561fb04ce4b028dd7ea6c558

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Concealed Carry In Maine No Longer Requires A Permit [View all] PoliticAverse Oct 2015 OP

AAHHH THE STREETS WILL RUN WITH BLOOD NOW!!!!!!!!!! Lurks Often Oct 2015 #1

There will be a dramatic increase in suicide by gun now OakCliffDem Oct 2015 #2

There will? Straw Man Oct 2015 #4

Oh come on OakCliffDem Oct 2015 #9

I see. Straw Man Oct 2015 #15

I doubt that, but I'm not a suicide prevention expert. beardown Oct 2015 #5

Oh come on OakCliffDem Oct 2015 #10

I thought that Eleanor38 was next up for the mandatory reply? beardown Oct 2015 #16

Or maybe they won't Lurks Often Oct 2015 #6

Do you have any studies or scholarship that demonstrate branford Oct 2015 #7

Oh come on OakCliffDem Oct 2015 #11

Never forget the "sarcasm" tag! branford Oct 2015 #14

You forgot this. GGJohn Oct 2015 #12

Right - Tee - Oh OakCliffDem Oct 2015 #13

Prefer folks carrying have some training beardown Oct 2015 #3

Me too. Straw Man Oct 2015 #8

Support your local militia. beardown Oct 2015 #17

I'm not sure ... Straw Man Oct 2015 #18

Means I should stop referencing old movie titles beardown Oct 2015 #19

Do you mean ... Straw Man Oct 2015 #20

No, the one that was in "Support Your Local Sheriff" beardown Oct 2015 #22

He was also Oneka Oct 2015 #25

Also a decorated Korean War veteran DonP Oct 2015 #28

I too prefer a CCW system that includes Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #21

Yes, legal not tactical beardown Oct 2015 #23

I can understand your point about costs for CCW training. Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #24

Agreed! Jester Messiah Oct 2015 #26

Are Maine folks just dumber? DonP Oct 2015 #29

Yes. Like Vermont for the last 225+ years. Anarchy all over the place. Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #30

So now a person deathrind Oct 2015 #27

Personally, I favor a reasonable test for proficiency and knowledge of the law... Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #31

Yup, just like voting DonP Oct 2015 #32

One has to register to vote. deathrind Oct 2015 #35

I guess the NICS FBI background check that we have to pay for doesn't count... DonP Oct 2015 #37

And this type of check takes place deathrind Oct 2015 #38

All sales through an FFL, in store or at a gun show have to go through the NICS check ... DonP Oct 2015 #40

I stand corrected. deathrind Oct 2015 #41

Hasn't been a problem in the other states with constitutional carry, GGJohn Oct 2015 #36

I agree with you. deathrind Oct 2015 #39

Now that's progressive....expanding peoples rights is a good thing. ileus Oct 2015 #33

Vermont has been constitutional carry Kang Colby Oct 2015 #34