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Wilton course teaches basic handgun safety

Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. leads Josette Billian of Wilton through a series of drills during a basic handgun training course at Wilton Fish and Game Association on Oct. 20. (Dee Menear/Franklin Journal) WILTON — Fourteen people, each carrying a handgun, arrived at the Wilton Fish and Game Association on a recent Saturday morning. […]

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Handgun sales spike in advance of Maine permit change

AUBURN — An upcoming change in Maine law that allows adults to carry a concealed handgun without a permit is triggering a spike in gun sales at some local shops.  John Reid, owner of J.T. Reid’s Gun Shop in Auburn, said Tuesday that sales of handguns are up and he’s ordered more firearms to keep […]

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Legislature passes bill that removes permit requirement for concealed guns

AUGUSTA — A bill that removes Maine’s requirement that those carrying a concealed handgun first obtain a permit from law enforcement to do so passed the state Senate on a 23-12 vote Tuesday. The measure, sponsored by Sen. Eric Brakey, R-Auburn, now moves to Republican Gov. Paul LePage, who will have 10 days to veto […]

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Price tag holds up handgun bill

AUGUSTA — Despite winning majority votes in the Maine Legislature, a bill doing away with permit requirements for those carrying a concealed handgun might be holstered because of its price tag. The bill, LD 652, will cost the state more than $200,000 a year in lost permit and fine revenue and could cost as much […]

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Rangeley man arrested on gun charge, bail violation

DALLAS PLANTATION — A Rangeley man was arrested Wednesday afternoon after Rangeley police were alerted to an intoxicated man firing a handgun into a tree on Dallas Hill Road. Franklin County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Steve Lowell said Thursday that Rangeley police took Frank Thompson, 22, into custody until Deputy Nicholas Zecher arrived. Thompson was intoxicated […]

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Wilton man pleads guilty to shooting handgun in mobile home

FARMINGTON — A Wilton man pleaded guilty Friday to discharging a handgun Jan. 1 inside a mobile home in Wilton and violating bail conditions in June when he got into an argument with the victim at a Jay shopping plaza. Timothy Koehler, 31, was sentenced to 28 days in jail on the charge of felony […]