AUGUSTA – A controversial bill that would allow Maine residents to carry concealed guns without permits remains stalled in a legislative committee, whose members are grappling with an issue that has divided Maine police and polarized many lawmakers’ constituents. After several hours of discussion, Democrats on the Legislature’s Criminal Justice Committee outvoted Republicans, 7-6, to table L.D.

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