Submitted Maine Non-Resident CCWP Application

[rhenriksen]

Well, I finally submitted my paperwork to obtain my Maine Non-Resident CCWP!

I had the paperwork all completed for several weeks but just never got around to the Post Office.

I have plans to spend quality vacation time there.

Anyone have any idea what the processing time is?

Say, what did you cough up to satisfy the 'firearms safety' proficiency requirement? I had quite the runaround getting them to accept anything besides an NRA class certificate.

[DefensiveCarry.com]

[Adkjoe]

HEY CORRUPT POLITICIANS OF NYS, YOU ARE DRIVING YOUR CITIZENS OUT OF THE STATE.

Yup, I'm one of them. Lived there long enough to hate it so I moved a state over and regained my freedom.

[WC145]

Say, what did you cough up to satisfy the 'firearms safety' proficiency requirement? I had quite the runaround getting them to accept anything besides an NRA class certificate.

What did you have to prove your safety training? They'll accept the basic NRA class certificate, a DD214, a CC license from another state, etc.


And, out of curiosity, where are all you guys vacationing up this way? I live way up the coast about an hour past Ellsworth/Bar Harbor, we don't get as many summer people up here as other parts of the state.

[Adkjoe]

What did you have to prove your safety training? They'll accept the basic NRA class certificate, a DD214, a CC license from another state, etc.

Wait a minute they will take a ccp from another state instead of NRA training cert? I have a NH and a PA neither of which require training or certification. Will Maine except those as proof or do I need an NRA certificate along with my permits? On the Maine application the requirements say copies of all CC permits and proof of knowledge of handgun safety.

[Jetpilot007]

Although I have several Non-Resident CCWPs in addition to my resident NYS CCWP, Maine still requires proof of training. In my case I presented an NRA Basic Pistol Course Certificate. In actuality the paperwork was quite easy.

[WC145]

I was under the impression that they considered a CC permit from another state as proof of safety training, a call to the licensing office might be worthwhile. Here is the text from the info booklet:

(5) Demonstrates to the issuing authority a knowledge of handgun safety.
The applicant may fully satisfy this requirement by submitting to the issuing
authority, through documentation in accordance with this subparagraph, proof
that the applicant has within 5 years prior to the date of application completed a
course that included handgun safety offered by or under the supervision of a
federal, state, county or municipal law enforcement agency or a firearms
instructor certified by a private firearms association recognized as
knowledgeable in matters of firearms safety by the issuing authority or by the
state in which the course was taken. A course completion certificate or other
document, or a photocopy, is sufficient if it recites or otherwise demonstrates that
the course meets all of the requirements of this subparagraph.
As an alternative way of fully satisfying this requirement, an applicant may
personally demonstrate knowledge of handgun safety to an issuing authority, if
the issuing authority is willing to evaluate an applicant's personal demonstration
of such knowledge. The issuing authority is not required to offer this 2nd option.
The demonstration of knowledge of handgun safety to the issuing authority
may not be required of any applicant who holds a valid State permit to carry a
concealed firearm as of April 15, 1990 or of any applicant who was or is in any
of the Armed Forces of the United States and has received at least basic firearms
training.

[Adkjoe]

The demonstration of knowledge of handgun safety to the issuing authority
may not be required of any applicant who holds a valid State permit to carry a
concealed firearm as of April 15, 1990

hmmm good info WC145...so would two non-resident permits (NH and PA) and living in a state where no permit is required satisfy the "knowledge of handgun safety" requirement instead of an NRA certificate? Anyone feel like calling Maine and finding out

[Riccur]

y'all should just move up here to maine, there's something to be said for living in a place where other people want to vacation!

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

[gdm320]

I just put a call in to Maine's licensing division and asked them to mail me the application package.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say I love Maine. Phone rang twice and I got a human being on the phone, who took my address, and said she'd drop it in the mail for me today. Where do you get that kind of service? Just awesome if you ask me.

[Adkjoe]

That's a beautiful thing, but why wait just print it off from here.
State Police: Licenses & Permits: Weapons Permits & Professional Licensing

[Jetpilot007]

Either way, I submitted my proof of training just to cover my bases. I figure .10 copy is good insurance!

[Adkjoe]

Yea I hear ya I was just wondering if it was necessary if you have other permits.

[gdm320]

That's a beautiful thing, but why wait just print it off from here.
State Police: Licenses & Permits: Weapons Permits & Professional Licensing

I'm not really in any hurry, and I'm interested to see what all they include in the packet.

[Adkjoe]

Let me know when you get it I'm curious to, I printed it but would like to know what they send out, thanks!

[walvord]

Did everything through the mail and took about 3 months. That was around a year or so back.