Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2001, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 917, §6, is amended to read:

6. Licensed hunters and trappers. Firearms carried by any 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 7377, subsections 1 and 2. This subsection does not authorize or permit the carrying of a concealed or loaded firearm in a motor vehicle.; and

Sec. 2. 25 MRSA §2001, sub-§7 is enacted to read:

7.__Permit issued by another state or country.__A firearm carried by a person to whom a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm has been issued by another state or country if a permit to carry a concealed firearm issued from that state or country has been granted reciprocity.__Reciprocity may be granted to a permit to carry a concealed firearm issued from another state or country if:

A.__The other state or country 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

B.__The other state or country 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.

SUMMARY

This bill allows a person to carry a concealed firearm in the State if that person has a concealed firearms permit from another state or country and the permit to carry a concealed firearm from that state or country is granted reciprocity. Reciprocity is granted to a permit to carry a concealed firearm from another state or country if:

1. The other state or country 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