Maine Constitutional Carry Passes Senate and House

By Dean Weingarten

LD 652 (SP 245), “An Act To Authorize the Carrying of Concealed Handguns without a Permit” passed the Senate, 23-12, last Friday. Yesterday, the Maine House passed a lightly amended Constitutional Carry bill, 83-62. The House added two amendments to the bill. “More votes are required in the Senate before the bill moves forward,” pressherald.com reports, “for procedural reasons and because the House adopted two amendments to the bill. One would require anyone under age 21 to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon. The other would require a person carrying a concealed gun to . . .

tell a police officer if they’re in possession of a weapon during a traffic stop.”

Governor Le Page has already declared that he will sign the bill. The only question: whether opponents will use the minor differences in the bill to kill it or to significantly change it in conference committee. If I were Senator Brakey, I would urge the Senate to accept the House amendments and pass the bill to Governor Le Page. Many have said that the House, with a Democrat majority, would never pass a constitutional carry bill.

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Source:: Truth About Guns