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Maine Committee on Criminal Justice Reconsiders Park Concealed Carry Ban
Please Stand-Up and Make Your Voice Heard!

National Rifle Association

Maine - -(AmmoLand.com)- Friday, February 26, the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice voted 7-5 to reconsider LD1737 with an amendment that would allow permit holders and law enforcement officials to carry concealed firearms in Acadia National Park.

This amended version is a critical step forward in assuring the right of self-defense for the law abiding.

The federal law, which allows the carrying of firearms in National Parks, went into effect earlier this week. Without this important change, LD1737 would nullify federal law within Acadia National Park, by disarming potential crime victims.

The original version also defies Maine’s Constitution which states, “Every citizen has a right to keep and bear arms and this right shall never be questioned.”

Please contact your State Representative and State Senator TODAY and respectfully urge them to oppose any changes to LD1737 which would create victim zones in Maine. Remember to tell them that crime does not stop at the park gate and the right to defend yourself and family shouldn’t either! Contact information can be found by clicking here.

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Opencarry.Org Urges Maine Legislature To Reject ‘Sell-Out Compromise’ On State National Park Gun Ban

OpenCarry.org

Maine - -(AmmoLand.com)- According to an NRA alert at, certain groups are unfortunately working hard to make a very bad bill slightly better . . . so it can pass and succeed at sharply restricting the right to bear arms in Acadia National Park!

OpenCarry.org urges the Maine legislature to reject the so -called “compromise” LD 1737 which would sell out gun owners by discriminating against everyone but people with concealed firearms permits. Moreover, the sell-out deal would leave even lawful concealed carriers susceptible to federal weapons violation charges if their handgun became accidentally exposed while hiking or changing clothes at a camp site.

The “compromise” result would also be irrational as open carry without permits would still be legal on the streets and sidewalks of every village and city in Maine, from Roque Bluffs to Augusta, and in White Mountain National Forest and the vast majority of other states’ National Parks, from Massachusetts to California! See http://tiny.cc/nps50

Accordingly, Opencarry.org is urging gun owners to demand that their legislators reject this sell-out effort.

Congress finally did the right thing and ordered National Park bureaucrats to respect state gun carry rights, a proven rule long followed in all National Forests and Bureau of Land Management lands. Maine’s legislature should now stand tall and reject the sellout compromise version of LT 1737.

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OpenCarry.org was founded in 2004 by Virginia gun-rights activists John Pierce and Mike Stollenwerk and has served to ignite the “Open Carry Movement” that is sweeping the country. In addition to being an invaluable legal resource for gun owners, the site has quickly grown to be a social networking portal for thousands of American gun owners. Visit: www.OpenCarry.org

After all, it’s not like there’s a National Park exception to Article I, Section 16 of Maine’s constitution which declares:

“Every citizen has a right to keep and bear arms and this right shall never be questioned.”

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