AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage has signed into law three bills expanding the rights of concealed weapons permit holders in Maine.
One of the bills, signed Tuesday, would bar businesses from prohibiting employees who have concealed firearms permits from keeping a firearm in their vehicle, as long as the vehicle is locked and the firearm is not visible.
Another bill allows a law enforcement officer from another state to carry a concealed firearm in Maine, provided the officer also has proper police identification.
The third bill will allow concealed weapons permit holders to carry weapons in state parks and historic sites. The bill was scaled back to eliminate other locations, including bars and the State House .
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Dan
In order to obtain a concealed weapons permit you have to have a very clean past. People who qualify are seldom the type that go camping (or anywhere else) to get drunk and stupid. I would much prefer to be anywhere with a dozen law abiding citizens carrying heat than one punk with one.
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Imagine the obnoxious drunk next to you at a state park is a know felon carrying a concealed weapon illegally. When the drunk starts to shoot at you the legal gun carrier shoots him. Seem far fetched so does your version.
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and how many instances has there been of covicted felons carrying a concealed weapon into state parks shooting people have we had in the last hundred years? NONE. Your senario has been very possible. Having a drunk with a gun shooting someone who has 'dissed' him in some way hasn't really been an issued, until now. WE DON'T NEED GUNS IN PARKS, that's what the rangers are for.
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Just imagine, the obnoxious drunk next to you at a state park probably will have a concealed weapon. Should make for an interesting summer season. We can only hope if they conceal it in their swim trunks, well,,,, you can guess the rest.
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