<www.sunjournal.com/news/city/2012/03/17/concealed-carry-permits-test-patience-maine-gun-ow/1169487>In Massachusetts, state law allows permits to carry concealed handguns, "but they can make it impossible," Moore said. He hoped it would be different in Maine.
Though not impossible, getting a permit here appears to require increasing patience.
And it's not only at the state level.
Maine towns and cities that handle their own applications for permits to carry concealed handguns are telling permit seekers they should expect to wait more than 30 days.
Great. And when I went to renew my permit earlier this year, I found out the town passed it off to DPS.
I downloaded the form from the state's Web site, and noticed the application instructions say you have to provide "one photos." Um, okay. I tried calling to find out how many are really needed, but couldn't get an answer. I'll probably have two taken, just to be sure. (I know there's a photo place in Brunswick that does passport-type photos, so maybe they've run across the question before.)
"It's always something."