Results for: Maine

Democrat Congressional Candidate in Maine Backtracks on ‘Red Flag’ Law
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/10/19/congressional-candidate-maine-backtracks-on-red-flag-law-n1234174
– out by the Maine Women’s Lobby, Dunlap is in full support of the state’s red flag law. … , etc.“ Dunlap opened when discussing the “gun violence” issue in Maine. … Early voting in Maine started on October 5.…
Mike Harris Interview: Talking Massachusetts at the NRAAM 2026
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/05/18/mike-harris-interview-talking-massachusetts-at-the-nraam-2026-n1232562
– “We have three constitutional carry states up there: Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, and we have three of the worst states in the…
Ben Midgley Interview: 2026 Maine GOP Gubernatorial Candidate
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/05/12/ben-midgley-interview-2026-maine-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-n1232482
– There are currently seven candidates vying the GOP nod in the crowded Maine gubernatorial primaries. … Midgley grew up in Maine and after dropping out of college had a job cleaning gym equipment. … Maine primary election is scheduled for June 9, 2026.…
Garrett Mason Interview: 2026 Maine GOP Gubernatorial Candidate
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/05/12/garrett-ma…on-interview-2026-maine-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-n1232481
– There are currently seven candidates vying the GOP nod in the crowded Maine gubernatorial primaries. … “It's no secret that in Maine moose hunting is big business,” said Mason. … To Mason, it’s simple; people don’t have to look much further than the Maine constitution.…
Jonathan Bush Interview: 2026 Maine GOP Gubernatorial Candidate
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/05/11/jonathan-b…sh-interview-2026-maine-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-n1232479
– Every police department in Maine is against this red flag law. … We took them up to Maine. … That's a law in Maine.…
Bobby Charles Interview: 2026 Maine GOP Gubernatorial Candidate
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/05/10/bobby-char…es-interview-2026-maine-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-n1232480
– There are currently seven candidates vying the GOP nod in the crowded Maine gubernatorial primaries. … Born in Virginia but raised in Wayne, Maine, Charles got his undergrad in Dartmouth College, masters in New College, Oxford, and Juris … “The state that I came back to is not the state that I left,” Charles said about returning to Maine.…
NRA-ILA Welcomes Joe LoPorto as a State Director
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2025/11/17/nra-ila-welcomes-joe-loporto-as-a-state-director-n1230624
– The NRA said in a statement that “as a State Director with NRA-ILA, he will be tasked with overseeing our efforts in Maine, New Hampshire … And to all my friends in New England, in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts, I am looking forward to fighting alongside…
Collaborative Effort in California Shines Light on Gun Control Group’s False Claims
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2024/08/31/collaborat…nia-shines-light-on-gun-control-groups-false-claims-n1226100
– Neighboring Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine all have permitless carry, and all have exceptionally lower violent crime than the Bay…
Crime Prevention Research Center’s Commissioned Survey on ‘Gun Violence’ Results
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2024/12/30/crime-prev…centers-commissioned-survey-on-gun-violence-results-n1227245
– The numbers in support of stricter gun control is up from a similar survey in 2023 after the Lewiston, Maine shooting, which was 44%…
Twenty governors get in on abortion pact, but how about ‘gun rights?’
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2023/02/22/twenty-gov…nors-get-in-on-abortion-pact-but-how-about-gun-rights-n67645
– Democrat], Delaware Governor John Carney [Democrat], Hawai'i Governor Josh Green [Democrat], Illinois Governor JB Pritzker [Democrat], Maine…
Switchblade ban repeal introduced in Virginia
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/01/22/switchblade-ban-repeal-introduced-in-virginia-n54695
– Repeals have since been enacted in Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada…
On "permitless carry" vs "Constitutional Carry"
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2022/03/27/on-permitless-carry-vs-constitutional-carry-n56809
– There are areas which one must have a permit in order to carry concealed in Maine, such as State Parks and Acadia. … Handgunlaw.us covers Maine, noting: The following locations are off limits to those carrying under Permitless Carry in Maine. … You have to have a Maine permit or a resident permit from a state Maine honors to carry in the below listed areas. …
New Jersey Attorney General’s Office Weighs in on Reciprocity
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2023/11/09/new-jersey-attorney-generals-office-weighs-in-on-reciprocity-n77092
– What about someone traveling through New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and into Maine, New Hampshire, or Vermont?…
Political Pearl-Clutching Over Permitless Carry Won't Stop Its Progress
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/12/08/political-pearl-clutching-permitless-carry-n53122
– With Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine all being permitless carry states, one would assume Massachusetts would be awash with blood…
2A Groups Launch New Challenge to Massachusetts' Non-Resident Permitting Scheme
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2025/08/14/challenge-to-massachusetts-non-resident-permitting-scheme-n1229589
– This is particularly burdensome when neighboring states to the north — Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine — are all permitless.78 percent…
A Better Idea For Background Checks
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/08/03/better-idea-background-checks-n48294
– , American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Guam, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine…
Mont. AG Knudsen Leads 28 States in Brief Attacking Maine’s Waiting-Period Law
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2025/06/06/mont-ag-kn…states-in-brief-attacking-maines-waiting-period-law-n1228850
– challenge to Maine’s unconstitutional waiting-period law, filed in the 1st Circuit.In 2024, a waiting-period law went into effect in Maine … District Court for the District of Maine preliminarily enjoined the law from being enforced. … “Maine failed to carry its burden to show that its waiting-period law is ‘part of the historical tradition that de limits the outer…
N.J. Threat Assessment Riddled With Extreme Bias
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2024/03/25/nj-threat-assessment-riddled-with-extreme-bias-n1224308
– In April, over a dozen NSC-131 supporters held a rally in Portland, Maine, making Nazi salute gestures while holding a banner that…
Sugarmann Still Twisting the Narrative as Anti-Gun Groups Attack Ruger
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2023/11/20/sugarmann…wisting-the-narrative-as-anti-gun-groups-attack-ruger-n77467
– Two weeks ago in Lewiston, Maine, we saw once again the horrific price our nation pays as the gun industry relentlessly innovates for … The report goes on to describe the lethality of the rifle said to be used in the recent Lewiston, Maine shooting and Ruger’s “assault … Last night, law enforcement officials confirmed that the gunman in Lewiston, Maine, likely used a Ruger SFAR, an AR-10 that fires a…