Schwanda v. Bonney

DUFRESNE, Active Retired Justice.

In this appeal we are called upon to address the validity of a local ordinance of the Town of Freeport which imposes requirements beyond the statutory criteria for the issuance of licenses to carry concealed weapons.

25 M.R.S.A. § 2031 provides that no person shall carry any concealed weapon as particularized therein unless licensed. The statute delegates the licensing responsibility to the municipalities:. the chief of police or city marshal of any city or the selectmen of any town may upon written application therefor issue to any legal resident of such city…