New MD "Assault" Weapon Ban

SurfaceTension

SurfaceTension

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FYI
Next Tuesday, February 10th, the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee will hold a public hearing on Senate Bill 288, which proposes to BAN the possession of so-called "assault weapons" in Maryland.

This onerous bill defines an "assault weapon" as any semi-automatic firearm which possesses even ONE cosmetic feature that is deemed unacceptable by the bill’s sponsors. The bill also bans "copycat guns"- anything the state thinks resembles an "assault weapon". In addition, the bill mandates registration of any such firearms that are already in private hands by a certain date.

Several members of the Judicial Proceedings Committee who support the proposed ban need to hear from you. Please be sure to contact the Senators listed below and voice your strong opposition to Senate Bill 288, the Maryland Assault Weapons Ban. Please make the call today--- the future of gun ownership in Maryland depends on it!

Chairman Brian Frosh (D-Montgomery): (410) 841-3124

Vice Chairman Leo Green (D-Prince George’s): (410) 841-3631

Senator John Giannetti (D-Prince George’s): (410) 841-3141

Senator Jim Brochin (D-Baltimore): (410) 841-3648

Senator Jennie Forehand (D-Montgomery): (410) 841-3134

Senator Rob Garagiola (D-Montgomery): (410) 841-3169

Senator Ralph Hughes (D-Baltimore City): (410) 841-3656
 
Sharon

Sharon

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MARYLAND STATE POLICE REPORT CONFIRMS:
BALLISTIC FINGERPRINTING IS EXPENSIVE FAILURE

(10/03) With the delayed release of its report to legislature, MSP confirms what critics of Maryland's unique ballistic fingerprinting law have observed all along: the law is an expensive failure. After spending $2 million to establish the program, taxpayers now pick up the tab for half a million dollars in annual operating expenses (going into its fifth year.) Despite this outlay of nearly $5 million tax dollars, police have yet to nab a criminal based on the program's use.

MSP's report describes only four matches made by their software - in all cases, of guns they had already confiscated. The program's ostensible goal was to suggest a lead to investigators who collect shell cases taken as evidence from a crime scene. That has yet to happen. Moreover, the only way they could get even four matches after the fact was to have the gun already in their possession for extensive testing.

Proponents enacted their mandate for ballistic fingerprinting with the promise of "immediate impact", yet once its technical flaws became known, officials started soft peddling expectations in order to maintain funding. The report parrots Parris Glendening's spin, that compares the program to MSP's state DNA database - another expensive low-yield program - which "needs time to develop before it bears fruit." This analogy ignores the fact that DNA evidence doesn't change, whereas a firearm's signature on evidence changes with each pull of the trigger.

By calling for research in order to buy time, MSP's report confirms another point made by gun rights advocates: this law was enacted without any scientific basis for believing it could work in the first place. The law's only effect is to deny citizens high quality products made by companies that don't survive in our state's predatory regulatory environment.

The Ehrlich administration should fight to repeal this law in favor of public safety programs that work. Taxpayers deserve the best bang for our public safety buck.
 
Sharon

Sharon

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Robert J. Garagiola (D-Montgomery) = LIAR!

"If we don't act," said Robert J. Garagiola (D-Montgomery), lead sponsor in the state Senate, "on September 14 you are going to be able to buy an AK-47 again, or an Uzi or a street sweeper" -- weapons designed chiefly to kill people, weapons that sportsmen clearly do not need.. Federal law provides protection to 670 types of hunting rifles and shotguns.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20472-2004Feb6.html
 
Pete

Pete

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Re: Robert J. Garagiola (D-Montgomery) = LIAR!

Originally posted by Sharon
"If we don't act," said Robert J. Garagiola (D-Montgomery), lead sponsor in the state Senate, "on September 14 you are going to be able to buy an AK-47 again, or an Uzi or a street sweeper" -- weapons designed chiefly to kill people, weapons that sportsmen clearly do not need.. Federal law provides protection to 670 types of hunting rifles and shotguns.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20472-2004Feb6.html
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Do you have an UZI?
 
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TripleJ

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all of my guns are "used to chiefly kill people" I don't understand that man's point? I don't hunt, so I have no need of sportman's guns.............
 
vraiblonde

vraiblonde

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Originally posted by TripleJ
all of my guns are "used to chiefly kill people" I don't understand that man's point?
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Because. Uzis kill people deader than hunting rifles. Everyone knows that.
 
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