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http://www.portlanddailysun.me/cgi/story2.pl?storyid=201011080510491000391
Thanks to Shane, Paul and everyone who is standing up for our rights.
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“All the sources I've talked to said it will be struck down immediately,” said Shane Belanger, founder of the Maine Open Carry Association. “This is the fifth time Portland has tried to do this, we’re not very concerned,” he said.
Belanger garnered attention last spring when he organized an open carry rally at Back Cove, and said state law is on the side of gun advocates.
The Maine State Constitution reads: "Every citizen has a right to keep and bear arms and this right shall never be questioned."
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“First they stated that they’ll exempt people with concealed carry licenses, effectively just banning open carry in these public places, and that got the NRA not to show up,” said Belanger.
“When the NRA didn’t show up, they immediately changed it to how it was before the meeting [banning both concealed and open carry], they kind of did a little trickery there,” Belanger said.
Trickery aside, Belanger said he takes issue with the resolution because of its flouting of facts and public opinion on the subject of gun prohibition.
“What’s even more interesting is that we had 15 people who spoke in opposition of the resolution, and two people who spoke for it,” he said. “The people spoke out against it, yet it still was pushed through.”
Belanger said statistically, more firearms mean less crime, meaning the public would in fact be safer if the resolution were not to pass.
“You would think to protect public they would be pushing for less firearms restriction, but they don't want to listen to any statistical data,” he said.
Thanks to Shane, Paul and everyone who is standing up for our rights.
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“All the sources I've talked to said it will be struck down immediately,” said Shane Belanger, founder of the Maine Open Carry Association. “This is the fifth time Portland has tried to do this, we’re not very concerned,” he said.
Belanger garnered attention last spring when he organized an open carry rally at Back Cove, and said state law is on the side of gun advocates.
The Maine State Constitution reads: "Every citizen has a right to keep and bear arms and this right shall never be questioned."
. . .
“First they stated that they’ll exempt people with concealed carry licenses, effectively just banning open carry in these public places, and that got the NRA not to show up,” said Belanger.
“When the NRA didn’t show up, they immediately changed it to how it was before the meeting [banning both concealed and open carry], they kind of did a little trickery there,” Belanger said.
Trickery aside, Belanger said he takes issue with the resolution because of its flouting of facts and public opinion on the subject of gun prohibition.
“What’s even more interesting is that we had 15 people who spoke in opposition of the resolution, and two people who spoke for it,” he said. “The people spoke out against it, yet it still was pushed through.”
Belanger said statistically, more firearms mean less crime, meaning the public would in fact be safer if the resolution were not to pass.
“You would think to protect public they would be pushing for less firearms restriction, but they don't want to listen to any statistical data,” he said.
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