| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2001-A, sub-§2, ¶¶E and F, as enacted by PL 2003, c. | 452, Pt. N, §2 and affected by Pt. X, §2, are amended to read: |
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| E. Firearms carried by a person engaged in conduct for | which a state-issued hunting or trapping license is required | and possessing the required license, or firearms carried by | a resident person engaged in conduct expressly authorized by | Title 12, section 11108 and section 12202, subsection 1. | This paragraph does not authorize or permit the carrying of | a concealed or loaded firearm in a motor vehicle; and |
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| F. A firearm carried by a person to whom a valid permit to | carry a concealed firearm has been issued by another state | if a permit to carry a concealed firearm issued from that | state has been granted reciprocity. The Chief of the State | Police may enter into reciprocity agreements with 2 other | states. Reciprocity may be granted to a permit to carry a | concealed firearm issued from another state if: |
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| (1) The other state that issued the permit to carry a | concealed firearm has substantially equivalent or | stricter requirements for the issuance of a permit to | carry a concealed firearm; and |
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| (2) The other state that issued the permit to carry a | concealed firearm observes the same rules of | reciprocity in regards to a person issued a permit to | carry a concealed firearm under this chapter.; and |
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| | Sec. 2. 25 MRSA §2001-A, sub-§2, ¶G is enacted to read: |
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| G.__A firearm carried by a person who has been: |
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| (1)__A victim of gross sexual assault, as described in | Title 17-A, section 253; |
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| (2)__A victim of domestic violence; or |
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| (3)__Threatened with domestic violence and has filed a | police report regarding that threat. |
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| This paragraph does not apply to a person who has been | convicted of murder or a Class A, Class B or Class C crime | in this State or a crime that is considered a felony in | another state. |
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