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So can someone tell me if we're good to go on carrying in Maine without a permit??
Whats this whole 90 day adjournment thing or is this people spouting off false information??
So can someone tell me if we're good to go on carrying in Maine without a permit?? Whats this whole 90 day adjournment thing or is this people spouting off false information??
Had you bothered to read a page or two back, you wouldn't be asking this, lmao.
Had you bothered to read a page or two back, you wouldn't be asking this, lmao.
Is this for non-residents also or just residents of Maine? (Sorry Mike, just had to)
Had you bothered to read a page or two back, you wouldn't be asking this, lmao.
• 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)
• Those carrying under permitless carry must notify officers immediately in any official contact.
Maine is already stating the above on their website at this link:
http://www.maine.gov/dps/msp/licenses/documents/Weapons/LD 652 Summary.pdf
I'll be adding Maine to the summer vacation list. Looked at getting the non-resident permit a couple years ago but read they were giving applicants a hard time and decided I didn't want to deal with it. Nice job Maine!
Hmm, Gary Slider (owner of handgunlaw.us) has posted the following in another forum as places you can NOT carry without a permit even under the new (to be) law. Interesting . . .
What say you ME gun law gurus?
The "duty to inform" part is the Maine reason why I will maintain my licenses. Then I don't have to tell anyone anything - nobody's business. Informing an LEO at the outset of an interaction can only go poorly for you, IMO. Best case scenario he doesn't care. Worst case scenario he doesn't agree with the law and starts flexing his power. No reason to tell an LEO unless you're being asked to step out of the car, IMO.
Once the DoD finalizes the ID cards for military police (already in the works - contractor to provide them has been chosen), I'll be able to carry under LEOSA for the rest of my life, then I can stop worrying about these stupid licenses.
The Legislature adjourned today. The effective date for CC in Maine is October 14th.
MP's you lucky bastards.
Give Mud Pups real cop LEOSA privileges is scarier than giving real cops LEOSA privileges. More wannabes and future security guards, TSA Screeners in the MP Corps than I even want to contemplate. Only 2 things worse than a 19 year old MP with a shiny whistle, MP Brassard, M9 and a nightstick are a 21 year old 2nd Lt with a map on a night land navigation course and an 18 year old MI Counter Intelligence Agent who has been actually allowed to wear civilian clothes and been issued his/her badge and credentials.
In actuality, I have little good to say about the Army MP Corps and this based on 20 years of anecdotal experience. I didn't always feel that way but their motto "for the troops" ought to be "screw the troops" and I'm sorry to see them get LEOSA status and one of their ilk crowing about it on NES. Typical...very typical IMO..."i really am a real cop doncha see?" and just how many careers have you ruined in your career over nothing Mr MP? Sorry to hijack thread. Hooray for Maine !
Give Mud Pups real cop LEOSA privileges is scarier than giving real cops LEOSA privileges. More wannabes and future security guards, TSA Screeners in the MP Corps than I even want to contemplate. Only 2 things worse than a 19 year old MP with a shiny whistle, MP Brassard, M9 and a nightstick are a 21 year old 2nd Lt with a map on a night land navigation course and an 18 year old MI Counter Intelligence Agent who has been actually allowed to wear civilian clothes and been issued his/her badge and credentials.
In actuality, I have little good to say about the Army MP Corps and this based on 20 years of anecdotal experience. I didn't always feel that way but their motto "for the troops" ought to be "screw the troops" and I'm sorry to see them get LEOSA status and one of their ilk crowing about it on NES. Typical...very typical IMO..."i really am a real cop doncha see?" and just how many careers have you ruined in your career over nothing Mr MP? Sorry to hijack thread. Hooray for Maine !
Question. Where do the MPs go to qualify annually when they retire? Can the local PD do it? IIRC, you need to qualify annually for the LEOSA carry.
Feel better now?Give Mud Pups real cop LEOSA privileges is scarier than giving real cops LEOSA privileges. More wannabes and future security guards, TSA Screeners in the MP Corps than I even want to contemplate. Only 2 things worse than a 19 year old MP with a shiny whistle, MP Brassard, M9 and a nightstick are a 21 year old 2nd Lt with a map on a night land navigation course and an 18 year old MI Counter Intelligence Agent who has been actually allowed to wear civilian clothes and been issued his/her badge and credentials.
In actuality, I have little good to say about the Army MP Corps and this based on 20 years of anecdotal experience. I didn't always feel that way but their motto "for the troops" ought to be "screw the troops" and I'm sorry to see them get LEOSA status and one of their ilk crowing about it on NES. Typical...very typical IMO..."i really am a real cop doncha see?" and just how many careers have you ruined in your career over nothing Mr MP? Sorry to hijack thread. Hooray for Maine !
Feel better now? In my own more than 20 years of not anecdotal but real experience, the people who have the biggest problem with the MPs were always the 11Bs. I know because I was one for as long as I've been an MP. And the grunts that hated the MPs the worst? Those who had been detained by them because they were doing something wrong. And if you want to take it as "crowing" that I stated I'll be happy to be able to carry under LEOSA after 26 years of service on active duty, the reserves and National Guard as a private to staff sergeant and then as an officer, two deployments and thousands of rounds through an M9, then go right ahead. I'll crow all I want. I think I've earned it. But I have thick skin and you can say whatever you want about the MPs. What concerns me more is that you seem to be opposed to giving MORE people freedom to concealed carry. So I assume that you don't think any 19 year old Soldiers in Maine should be able to carry, either, right (as allowed under the new law)? Or do you just think MPs who are 19 shouldn't be able to carry while the rest of the military can? I always forget that on NES the statists come out of the woodwork when they have a pet peeve or issue. And by the way, the number of "careers I've ruined over nothing" stands at zero. Because I, like most MPs, spend much more of my time driving on IED infested roads than I do acting as a LEO. Especially MPs in the Guard who only perform LEO duties when called upon by the governor and even then have very limited authority and no ability to ruin anyone's day, much less career or life.
Feel better now?
In my own more than 20 years of not anecdotal but real experience, the people who have the biggest problem with the MPs were always the 11Bs. I know because I was one for as long as I've been an MP. And the grunts that hated the MPs the worst? Those who had been detained by them because they were doing something wrong. And if you want to take it as "crowing" that I stated I'll be happy to be able to carry under LEOSA after 26 years of service on active duty, the reserves and National Guard as a private to staff sergeant and then as an officer, two deployments and thousands of rounds through an M9, then go right ahead. I'll crow all I want. I think I've earned it.
But I have thick skin and you can say whatever you want about the MPs. What concerns me more is that you seem to be opposed to giving MORE people freedom to concealed carry. So I assume that you don't think any 19 year old Soldiers in Maine should be able to carry, either, right (as allowed under the new law)? Or do you just think MPs who are 19 shouldn't be able to carry while the rest of the military can?
I always forget that on NES the statists come out of the woodwork when they have a pet peeve or issue.
And by the way, the number of "careers I've ruined over nothing" stands at zero. Because I, like most MPs, spend much more of my time driving on IED infested roads than I do acting as a LEO. Especially MPs in the Guard who only perform LEO duties when called upon by the governor and even then have very limited authority and no ability to ruin anyone's day, much less career or life.
its great that you have the authority to throw every MP under the bus, especially one who is a poster here. nice job Mark, next time somebody throws you under the bus dont throw a fit.Give Mud Pups real cop LEOSA privileges is scarier than giving real cops LEOSA privileges. More wannabes and future security guards, TSA Screeners in the MP Corps than I even want to contemplate. Only 2 things worse than a 19 year old MP with a shiny whistle, MP Brassard, M9 and a nightstick are a 21 year old 2nd Lt with a map on a night land navigation course and an 18 year old MI Counter Intelligence Agent who has been actually allowed to wear civilian clothes and been issued his/her badge and credentials.
In actuality, I have little good to say about the Army MP Corps and this based on 20 years of anecdotal experience. I didn't always feel that way but their motto "for the troops" ought to be "screw the troops" and I'm sorry to see them get LEOSA status and one of their ilk crowing about it on NES. Typical...very typical IMO..."i really am a real cop doncha see?" and just how many careers have you ruined in your career over nothing Mr MP? Sorry to hijack thread. Hooray for Maine !
its great that you have the authority to throw every MP under the bus, especially one who is a poster here. nice job Mark, next time somebody throws you under the bus dont throw a fit.
lol, so you wore a uniform, so you can throw him under your bus. i have not worn a uniform so i cant call you on it, you are consistent, consistently with a bug up your ass. tell us more how all mp are bad including the poster who just stated he will be happy to carry with his leosa rights before you attacked him with no due cause. just for the record again, i never served in the armed forcesWell unlike yourself he has worn a uniform and served in a combat zone. He is describing the role of a combat MP not a garrison LE MP in the Regular Army two topics you no nothing about.
Despite my dislike of MPs his service counts as something and he is light years ahead of any self proclaimed patriot who can only snipe and kibbutz on the sidelines in topics he knows nothing about, can only talk the talk be cuz has never ever walked the walk in any manner shape or form. If he has to resort to somebody like you to defend him then that's pretty sorry, but he's a big boy and can do quite well without someone of your ilk. Despite our differences he is still Army Green and a fellow officer. I don't know what you are.