Good to know. My first contact with the department was throught the "contact us" form and Capt. Ewing responded. I will see what his response is and go from there. If the Chief needs to be contacted, i'm sure he will be told of my e-mail, or if the Mayor needs to be contacted. This will be fixed however. I should've done more research on the department's administration, dropped the ball slightly. However, Capt. Ewing is a good man and officer and should sort this out. Will keep everyone updated. I'm sure I will receive some type of response when he gets in this morning.
ETA: here is a copy of the email I sent. Any advice or job well done?
Capt. Ewing,
I do not mean to be an a pain. However, when I went to pick up my CC permit application I noticed a sign on the door that said no firearms or weapons beyond this point. I was wondering if you were aware of Maine's preemption law, MRSA 252-A? That states no municipality shall enact stricter firearm's laws than the state. Based on this statute, your department cannot ban firearms inside it's doors. You do have the right to ban all other weapons except for firearms. I would like to work with you on changing this. I don't want this to be taken as an accusation that your department is not complying with the law on purpose. I know several other stations were unaware of this and have fixed their signs to correspond with the preemption statute. Under Maine law the sign currently holds no weight as per current law only "liquor establishments that allow on site consumtion" are allowed to post no firearms signage. Thank you for your time. You have been helpful in the past and I hope this email does not infringe on our "relationship".
I tried to keep it civil.