November 29, 2021, 01:27 AM | #1 |
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Reminder for Maine
I discovered recently, by accident/coincidence, that my Maine carry permit had expired several months ago. When I called, the woman on the phone at the State Police licensing office pleasantly informed me that Maine doesn't send reminders -- we are expected to remember to renew on our own.
Fortunately, she also mentioned that there's a 6-month grace period. If you send in your renewal within that 6-month period, you can simply renew. If you miss that window, you have to start the application process all over again. I was within the 6-month window by a month, so I sent in my renewal by certified mail, and I have documentation that the State Police received it within the allotted window. I'm awaiting my new permit. If you're in Maine or if you have a Maine non-resident permit ... check your expiration date, and add a reminder to your calendar or digital assistant to send in your renewal before the permit expires.
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November 29, 2021, 02:58 AM | #2 |
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GA also does not send reminders. I think they had a grace period for online renewals due to the backlog of in-person appointments but I missed that and had to just keep checking the web site daily until the next block opened up.
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November 29, 2021, 09:05 AM | #3 |
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The clock starts for expiration on the day it is issued… so if there is a six month grace period, you’d want to send it in as late as possible to get the most amount of time.
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November 29, 2021, 11:37 AM | #4 | |
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Of course, now that Maine has [mostly] "constitutional" carry, it's not such a big deal. But that also makes it easier to forget about checking your expiration date. The issue for me is that Maine doesn't allow permitless carry in state parks ... and Acadia National Park follows state law for carry in parks. I definitely want to be legal for carry in Acadia, so keeping the permit active was a big deal for me.
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November 29, 2021, 11:39 AM | #5 |
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Reminder for Maine
I use this…
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ccw-co...te/id443321291 Has a reminder system built in to add a calendar event. Don’t think you can carry expired… just that you don’t need to do the application from Jump Street in those six months. |
November 29, 2021, 01:24 PM | #6 |
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Tennessee issues LIFETIME concealed carry permits for an extra $100. Although now we also have Constitutional carry law in effect, no permit needed.
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Being federal law, it is not mitigated by a state's adoption of permitless carry. The FBI probebly isn't sitting around, waiting to pounce on hapless citizens who venture within 1,000 feet of a school zone while armed, but the possibility exists. The exception in the GFSZA is if the person has a carry permit issued by the state in which the school is located. This is why I maintain non-resident carry permits for several states that I might visit periodically, even though some of them are now permitless carry states. Reciprocity doesn't protect you. The federal law specifically exempts carry pursuant to a permit issued by the state in with the school is located. To be honest, as more state srae going to permitless carry, I foresee this becoming a bigger problem, unless we can get the GFSZA amended.
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