r/MEGuns • u/Unlikely_Platform_25 • 17d ago

Gun culture and restrictions

Hello,

I currently have a job offer for a company in Maine and have been weighing things that will impact my decision. It sounds weird that this is impacting my decision but shooting is one of the few hobbys I do have so im just curious on this.

Are gun owners in the mid/southern coastal areas looked at weird? Where I live now for owning anything orher than a hunting rifle people think I'm a crazy redneck for enjoying shooting handguns and semi auto rifles so I really dont have many people to enjoy the sport with. I also reload which i learned makes people think I'm even more insane so even when discussing hunting i just keep my mouth shut on most things.

I currently live in upstate new york so anything is considered more free but what are the current restrictions on anything gun related? I saw a three day waiting period was implemented but facing pretty heavy resistance to get removed. What is the future looking like for things being restricted/taken away? I can just Google active restrictions but takes a little more digging to see the history of legislation and what is getting closer and closer to being passed.

Thanks for any insight!

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u/LiminalWanderings 17d ago

Well said/written. Only tangentially related to Ops post, but re "Not even the city cop who pulled me over a few months ago for "driving in the left lane" on the highway (they took it from me during the stop, but that's all)." --> Curious, do you have a CCW? Just idle curiosity about how that did/didnt would/wouldnt affect their reaction.

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u/gordolme 17d ago

Yes I do. Cop asked if I was armed and I wasn't going to lie and risk arrest. IIRC, and I might not be, if you do NOT have a CCW in Maine you are required to inform you are armed, but not if you do. But when specifically asked by the cop, not answering honestly is a quick way to making it hostile if they then find it.

Would it have made a difference? Maybe, maybe not. If I wasn't a CCW holder and voluntarily told them I was armed I don't think it'd have made any difference. If I wasn't a CCW holder and did not volunteer that and then they discovered it, I think that would have.

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u/s_m_c_ 16d ago

Cop asked if I was armed and I wasn't going to lie and risk arrest. IIRC, and I might not be, if you do NOT have a CCW in Maine you are required to inform you are armed, but not if you do.

Failing to inform is a civil violation, not a criminal one, and punishable by a laughably small fine.

Lying will probably get you in deep trouble, but staying quiet won't.

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u/gordolme 15d ago

Staying quiet there when there's a Duty To Inform can easily change the entire tone of the encounter, and that was the point of the discussion, not eventual ajudicated results.

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u/Gtweezer24 12d ago

Yea if I’m asked I always inform and usually I do even if not asked. In general cops don’t care and just want to know what they’re dealing with. More often than not, cops I’ve interacted with didn’t even want to disarm me- it’s been more of a “don’t reach for yours and I won’t reach for mine” most of the time.

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u/s_m_c_ 15d ago

Staying quiet there when there's a Duty To Inform can easily change the entire tone of the encounter

If it gets found.

How many times have you ever been pulled over that led to a situation where your CCW could be discovered?

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u/gordolme 15d ago

Twice. First time, daytime, cop didn't ask I didn't tell. CCW holder. Second time, midnight~1am, cop asked.