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(Maine) Senate votes down "no permit" concealed carry bill
You read that right. It actually made it to a vote.
http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/Senate-votes-down-bill-eliminating-concealed-carry-permit.html
The Maine Senate on Wednesday voted down a bill that would have removed the requirement for a permit to carry a concealed gun.
The 21-14 vote effectively kills L.D. 660, which the House on Tuesday defeated by a one-vote margin.
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The permit requirement, however, never should have been established in the first place, said Sen. David Burns, R-Whiting, a former state trooper. He noted that Maine residents have been sending lawmakers thousands of emails in support of the measure. Gun rights activists say that requiring a permit to carry a concealed gun infringes on their Second Amendment rights.
“You see so much support ... coming to you either from this body or coming to you from your constituents to support this constitutional right that never should have been abridged in the first place,” Burns said.
The Maine Senate on Wednesday voted down a bill that would have removed the requirement for a permit to carry a concealed gun.
The 21-14 vote effectively kills L.D. 660, which the House on Tuesday defeated by a one-vote margin.
(snip)
The permit requirement, however, never should have been established in the first place, said Sen. David Burns, R-Whiting, a former state trooper. He noted that Maine residents have been sending lawmakers thousands of emails in support of the measure. Gun rights activists say that requiring a permit to carry a concealed gun infringes on their Second Amendment rights.
“You see so much support ... coming to you either from this body or coming to you from your constituents to support this constitutional right that never should have been abridged in the first place,” Burns said.
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