Maine is the Safest State in the Nation.

Yes it is.  Truly.  It's so safe there were only 22 murders in the entire state in all of 2022.

Yet, a disaffected Army reservist, on mental tilt, who had already announced his propensity to commit mass murder, shot up a bowling alley and a bar.  He killed 18 people and seriously wounded many others.  

In the safest state in the Nation...

You know why Maine has been declared the "Safest State in the Nation?"  One reason is that a Public Law was passed on October 15, 2015, declaring...

"An Act to Authorize the Carrying of Concealed Handguns Without a Permit."

That was its name.  And wonder of wonders, fellow Patriot, that Law passed Maine's Legislature.  Helping to insure that every Mainer had the absolute Right to carry a weapon concealed so as to protect his life, the lives of his family, and the lives of those around him.

Howeverrr, the Weenies in Maine's Legislature then proceeded to water down that seemingly straightforward piece of legislation they call "Constitutional Carry."  That means the Consitution gives us the absolute Right to "...keep and BEAR arms."  But they began to place limitations on where that absolute Right to carry concealed may be exercised.  Trimming off a little bit of that Right here, and a little bit there.  Nibbling at it around the edges so as to render it almost meaningless.  Here is a partial listing of where you CANNOT bring your gun:

     -  Courthouses 

     -  State parks (probably unconstitutional)

     -  Schools 

     -  Federal buildings 

     -  State Capitol and surrounding areas (no doubt unconstitutional, plus undefined boundaries)

     -  Private property (if posted, one assumes)

     -  Establishments licensed for the in-premises consumption of alcohol (bars)

     -  Wildlife reservations (Really?  Probably unconstitutional)

     -  Labor disputes  

Is there anyplace else, fergodssake?  And with undefined boundaries, this law is rife for law enforcement abuse and misuse.    

So you can carry a handgun, concealed on your person, anywhere in Maine, except for...almost everywhere having a concealed handgun might prove helpful.  

There was a bowling alley full of over-21 citizens, all growed up and presumably ready, willing and able to defend themselves against a crazy man dedicated to killing them all.  Which could occur at anytime, anywhere, and to any of us.  Except for that pesky sign on the front door of both the bowling alley and the bar, following the dictats of their pantywaist "leaders" in the Legislature.  It read:  

       "Firearms may not be carried

        on premises.  No exceptions." 

Although capable of protecting themselves, these Mainers had been disarmed by a bunch of Commie Pinko Dummass Liberal Weenies.  Who simply cannot fathom why anyone other than a Troglodyte would want to even so much as touch one of those, ugh, GUNS!  So they denude the law until it has no teeth.  

        But the blood will remain on their hands!  

*    Data indicates that citizens with firearms manage to stop or difuse potentially life-threatening situations more than one and one-half million times a year.  The so-called "MainStreamMedia" doesn't report that statistic because it doesn't fit the O'Biden Administration's narrative of "Guns Bad.  Being a Target, Good."