BDN: New Maine weapons laws take effect tomorrow. Here’s what you need to know

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A man shoots at a target at Maine Military Supply's indoor firing range in Holden on Tuesday. Maine's constitutional carry law goes into effect Thursday and will allow legal gun owners to carry a concealed handgun without a permit. The law banning dangerous knives, such as switchblades, is repealed the same day. Buy Photo

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Handguns are offered for sale at Maine Military Supply in Holden. Maine's constitutional carry law that goes into effect Thursday will allow legal gun owners to carry a concealed handgun without a permit. The law banning dangerous knives, such as switchblades, is repealed the same day. Buy Photo

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Frank Spizuoco, owner of Maine Military Supply, shows two knives. The larger one has been legal to sell while the small one was banned because the blade can be deployed with the aid of a spring. Maine's constitutional carry law goes into effect Thursday and will allow legal gun owners to carry a concealed handgun without a permit. The law banning dangerous knives, such as switchblades, is repealed the same day, making knives such as the small one legal to carry. Buy Photo

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Frank Spizuoco owns Maine Military Supply in Holden. Buy Photo

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Jeff Zimba is a firearms policy consultant and instructor. Buy Photo

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Winterport resident Dusty Rhodes, a retired Old Town Police Department, was at Van Raymond Outfitter's looking for a holster.

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Rick Lozier, who has worked at Van Raymond Outfitter's for more than a decade, displays the basic firearms safety brochure that the new law requires he provide to all handgun buyers, now that the requirement for concealed weapons permits has been lifted. Buy Photo

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Rockport resident Skip Small looks for a holster for his new Glock 43, a small 9 mm pistol, on Wednesday that he is purchased from Van Raymond Outfitters. “"It’'s smaller and easier to conceal," Small said. Buy Photo

By Nok-Noi Ricker, BDN Staff

Posted Oct. 14, 2015, at 4:09 p.m.
Last modified Oct. 14, 2015, at 5:59 p.m.

 

BREWER, Maine — Rockport resident Skip Small, who already owns a 10 mm Glock pistol, went into Van Raymond Outfitters on Wednesday to buy another handgun in anticipation of the new concealed carry law that takes effect Thursday in Maine.
“I wanted the smaller version of the gun I have,” Small said. “It’s smaller and easier to conceal.

Small, who has a concealed handgun permit, purchased a Glock 43, a new 9 mm pistol with a six-round magazine.

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