AUGUSTA — A bill that would allow Mainers over the age of 18 to carry concealed handguns without permits was rejected Friday by a legislative committee. The bill, LD 652, gained the support of three Republicans on the Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, but all seven Democrats rejected the measure. Three other […]
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Gun control groups release ads in Maine against concealed gun bill
AUGUSTA — Gun control groups are urging Maine residents to help defeat a bill that would allow people to carry concealed handgun without a permit. Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and the Maine chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America released TV, radio and digital ads Thursday that claim that the […]
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Bill expanding list of those prohibited from possessing guns passes key Maine committee
AUGUSTA — A bill that would ban gun ownership for individuals convicted of non-felony domestic violence crimes passed a key legislative committee Friday. The Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee voted 5-3 in favor of LD 600, a bill offered by state Rep. Richard Pickett, R-Dixfield. Pickett is a former police chief and state […]
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Lisbon, Lewiston residents face more charges in Rangeley theft case
RANGELEY — Two residents of Lisbon and one from Lewiston face more charges in the theft of guns, cash and medical marijuana from a disabled man April 4. Police charged Danielle Nelson, 25, and Kevin O’Donnell, 25, both of Lisbon, and Steven Sharpley, 20, of Lewiston with one count each of misdemeanor stealing prescriptions drugs, police […]
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Three Androscoggin residents face charges in Rangeley burglary, theft
RANGELEY — Three people from Androscoggin County are accused of stealing guns, cash, medical marijuana, two televisions and a Sony PlayStation 3 from a disabled man Saturday, police Chief Dennis Leahy said. Danielle Nelson, 25, and Kevin O’Donnell, 25, both of Webster Road in Lisbon, and Steven Sharpley, 20, of Lewiston were charged with felony […]
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Brakey bill makes concealed carry without permit legal in Maine
AUGUSTA — A state senator from Auburn said Thursday he has nearly 100 co-sponsors for a bill that would make it legal to carry a concealed firearm without a permit in Maine. Republican Eric Brakey said a bipartisan coalition is backing the measure, which failed in the Legislature in 2013 and 2014. A total of […]
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Lawmakers hear from Maine’s conservation commission on ranger restructure
AUGUSTA — Maine’s agriculture Commissioner Walter Whitcomb on Tuesday shared new details of a plan that would restructure the state’s Forest Service, including the elimination of between 12 and 13 forest ranger positions. Whitcomb told a joint meeting of the Legislature’s budget-writing Appropriations and Agriculture committees that the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Conservation wanted […]
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Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine releases grades for governor candidates
AUGUSTA — The state’s top advocacy group for those who hunt and fish released its letter grades Thursday for the candidates hoping to be Maine’s next governor. Republican Gov. Paul LePage received the Sportman’s Alliance of Maine’s highest grade with an A, but close behind him with an A- is his Democratic challenger, 2nd District […]
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Giffords in Maine with Michaud ahead of midterm push on guns
AUGUSTA — Trying to make good on a promise to make gun control a part of the midterm election debate, Gabby Giffords will visit Maine on Saturday to raise money for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Michaud as her team prepares a multistate campaign after Labor Day. The appearance is among the former Arizona congresswoman’s first […]
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Aroostook County one of only two in New England where gun stores outnumber museums, libraries
FORT KENT — It’s not often licensed gun dealers and museums are referenced in the same sentence, much less the same news story. Earlier this week a reporter at The Washington Post did just that when he ran a nationwide, county-by-county statistical comparison on the numbers of federally licensed firearms dealers in relation to the […]