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LePage signs bill to remove permit mandate for concealed guns
Bangor Daily News ^
| July 08 2015
| By Mario Moretto and Nick McCrea, BDN Staff
Posted on 07/08/2015 7:07:22 PM PDT by Bottom_Gun
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage on Wednesday signed into law a bill to nix the concealed gun permit requirement in Maine.
The law, dubbed “constitutional carry” by supporters, won support from a broad bipartisan coalition of lawmakers in the House and Senate. It will take effect 90 days after the current legislative session ends.
The bill is one of only a handful that LePage has signed or let pass into law without his signature after pledging in June to veto all bills passed by the Legislature in protest of its unwillingness to adopt his policy agenda.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: banglist; maine
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This is a good day for Mainers, the existing CCW system will be in place for resirprosity. Its fun to go the the BDN website and see the lib's heads expolding with the tired old panic about Constitutional Carry!
To: Bottom_Gun
and it goes into effect 90 days from today!
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posted on
07/08/2015 7:08:41 PM PDT
by
Bottom_Gun
(Crush depth dummy - proud NRA member & Certified Instructor)
To: Bottom_Gun
LePage is best statewide Republican office holder on immigration.
To: Bottom_Gun
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posted on
07/08/2015 7:10:11 PM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: Bottom_Gun
Excellent! Well, Maine surprises me with this one.
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posted on
07/08/2015 7:11:01 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
To: Bottom_Gun
Yep, the liberals will be wringing their hands over “blood in the streets” over fender benders and minor arguments. But just because they have been wrong about guns every single time doesn’t mean they will change their minds.
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posted on
07/08/2015 7:13:23 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(INTOLERANCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!!!!)
To: CodeToad
We’ve always had pretty respectable gun policy.
Never can tell when a killer-woodchuck might pop up.
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posted on
07/08/2015 7:13:39 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
To: ROCKLOBSTER
That’s a gorgeous State you’ve got there.
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posted on
07/08/2015 7:15:29 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
To: CodeToad
That’s a gorgeous State you’ve got there. Thanks, low crime, lobsters, rocks, trees, ocean...that's what attracted me here. Terrible financial blunder however.
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posted on
07/08/2015 7:22:56 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
To: ROCKLOBSTER
Or you could be invaded by the Cannuks. They’ll polite you to death! :)
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posted on
07/08/2015 7:25:16 PM PDT
by
rikkir
(Anyone still believe the 8/08 Atlantic cover wasn't 100% accurate?)
To: Bottom_Gun
I have a question ...
If a felon moves to Maine and has, or has acquired a handgun .... in the letter of the law, he's not allowed to own, let alone carry ...Or does the bill signed de-facto negate THAT part of the law ... at least for Maine ?
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posted on
07/08/2015 7:27:12 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true, I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: ROCKLOBSTER
Keep cutting the welfare and make it uncomfortable for the parasites.
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posted on
07/08/2015 7:32:17 PM PDT
by
MSF BU
(Support the troops: Join Them.)
To: Bottom_Gun
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posted on
07/08/2015 7:33:22 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
To: rikkir
you could be invaded by the Cannuks. They settled the place, many Acadians fled and became "The Cajuns" once the English drove them out. French names everywhere. (LePage)
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posted on
07/08/2015 7:36:25 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
To: CodeToad
The Second Amendment is VERY strong here in Maine....it’s always been the case.
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posted on
07/08/2015 7:36:27 PM PDT
by
july4thfreedomfoundation
(Liberals are like the Taliban and ISIS....destroying cultural icons they don't like.)
To: CodeToad
Indeed....when I lived in Concord, NH I'd stop at the border on our drives to Biddeford and place the gun in the trunk......
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posted on
07/08/2015 7:36:34 PM PDT
by
LFOD
(Formerly - Iraq, Afghanistan - back home in Dixie.)
To: knarf
No it doesn’t. Remember that would be a federal felony..which would trump state law. But if I remember right, Maine like most other states have a state version of that code also.
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posted on
07/08/2015 7:38:22 PM PDT
by
Bottom_Gun
(Crush depth dummy - proud NRA member & Certified Instructor)
To: MSF BU
Keep cutting the welfare and make it uncomfortable for the parasites. We're trying, but the bitter clinger RAT legislators love their gimme-girls and bureaucRATs.
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posted on
07/08/2015 7:40:40 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
To: Bottom_Gun
The bill is one of only a handful that LePage has signed or let pass into law without his signature after pledging in June to veto all bills passed by the Legislature in protest of its unwillingness to adopt his policy agenda. LePage is one of the few Republicans who plays as hard as Democraps, although he doesn't break the law.
He's a model for our limp-wristed congressmen.
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posted on
07/08/2015 7:41:38 PM PDT
by
St_Thomas_Aquinas
( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
To: ROCKLOBSTER
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posted on
07/08/2015 7:43:17 PM PDT
by
MSF BU
(Support the troops: Join Them.)
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