Renewing CCW Permit in Maine--Warning!

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If you are renewing your Concealed Carry Weapons Permit in Maine, be sure you send your paper work in at least 3 MONTHS (yes MONTHS) prior to the expiration of your current permit.

I mailed my renewal in on November 19th, and they received it November 20th, 2012. My check was cashed February 4th, 2013, two days before my permit was about to expire. My new permit arrived in the mail on February 23rd.

Best of all the new permit had a reminder slip to have people send in their renewal applications 1 month prior to expiration :rolleyes:
 
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wow good info thank you. Im going for my initial permit next month so I'll keep this in mind when I have to renew it next year
 
The last time I renewed in NH it took about 5months, but they did bump up my new expiration date a few months to make up for it
 
well 4 years is nice, much better then much of yearly renewal **** in this state.
 
There is only 1 person at ME SP that processes NR permits (don't know how resident permits are handled, so she might/might not do those too). Filed for my ME NR in 2011 3 months prior to vacation there and I still had to drive to Augusta (ME SP HQ) to pick it up in person or I wouldn't have had it until a month after I came home!
 
I wish I could send it in that early. Here in my county, if you send it in earlier than 60 days prior to expiration they will just toss the renewal form.
 
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LenS said:
There is only 1 person at ME SP that processes NR permits (don't know how resident permits are handled, so she might/might not do those too). Filed for my ME NR in 2011 3 months prior to vacation there and I still had to drive to Augusta (ME SP HQ) to pick it up in person or I wouldn't have had it until a month after I came home!
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I see you have a LEO icon. If your eligable I would recommend getting a LEOSA (Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act) permit in addition to your state permit. The permit dates don't expire at the same time and offer a bit of added protection if one renewal is delayed.
 
Retbadge0328 said:
I see you have a LEO icon. If your eligable I would recommend getting a LEOSA (Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act) permit in addition to your state permit. The permit dates don't expire at the same time and offer a bit of added protection if one renewal is delayed.
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I'm eligible under the 2010 changes in LEOSA Fed Law but MA intentionally violated that law and I am not eligible under MA version of LEOSA, plus my former chief would never give me an ID to comply with LEOSA. Thus, I collect permits in my corner of New England (plus PA and FL).
 
Thanks for the heads up. Just checked my permit and it expires in March of '14.

One of the problems we have had in Maine is that many of our little towns pride themselves on independence from Augusta, and so have been making the judgment themselves about a citizen's character. They have not been going to the Maine State Police for background checks. My town has fewer than 400 year-round residents, and "everybody knows everybody."

This is good, in the sense that turn-around time on permits has been short in most of these little towns. It's also bad in the sense that this spotty approach is one of the things that keeps our permits from being more widely honored by other states.

I think going to the MSP is a good step forward, but it's clear that they are overwhelmed. On the other hand, ain't it great that so many more honest citizens are carrying?:D
 
I'm eligible under the 2010 changes in LEOSA Fed Law but MA intentionally violated that law and I am not eligible under MA version of LEOSA, plus my former chief would never give me an ID to comply with LEOSA. Thus, I collect permits in my corner of New England (plus PA and FL).
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What a load of ****. I'm sorry you have to put up with that. I wanted to take a defensive shotgun shooting course in MA earlier this year, and the legal hoops they would have made me jump through killed that idea.

We do have MA refugees here, and most of them pick up the native language pretty quick and are now bilingual. Maybe you should live here instead and just visit MA?:)
 
Murdock said:
What a load of ****. I'm sorry you have to put up with that. I wanted to take a defensive shotgun shooting course in MA earlier this year, and the legal hoops they would have made me jump through killed that idea.

We do have MA refugees here, and most of them pick up the native language pretty quick and are now bilingual. Maybe you should live here instead and just visit MA?:)
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My plan is to retire to So. NH whenever my Wife decides to retire.

As a firearms instructor who teaches the NRA Personal Protection series of courses, I explain the MA gun laws and offer to supply the firearm at no additional cost to my students that come in from outside MA.
 
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