Last year, the bill was defeated by a turnout that put Annapolis on their heals. People were in the hallway. If people show up, these politicians cut and run.Bruzilla said:
Semi-auto weapon ban sought in Maryland
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Vince said:So they're trying it again? And again? And again? Until they can get it passed?Maybe they should wait until no one is looking and convene around midnight and pass it. Maybe they should put it where it belongs. :flush:
It doesn't seem you impressed them very much.
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truby20 said:
You have my deepest sympathies.
Yep. And that is what they are doing. Frosh waited to the absolute last minute to announce the hearing and is not hearing it with other bills to try to sneak it out of committee.Vince said:So they're trying it again? And again? And again? Until they can get it passed?
If these bills pass, I'll be out of here too.truby20 said:
You must be easily disturbed or already distrubed.
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truby20 said:
Ahhhh... well here's some background information that might make you feel less disturbed:
1. I'm not from Maryland, I'm from Pittsburgh. While I was in the Navy I went to many places, and the best place I've found to live is Jacksonville, FL. I lived in Maryland for 15 years, and found it to be a miserable place. The taxes are horrible, the schools were horrible, and the nuisance laws just kept getting worse.
2. I have three teenagers who either need jobs, or will needs jobs in a couple of years. Where I lived in Mechanicsville, the nearby entry-level job market was limited to fast food, Food Lion, McKays, or a Wentworth's nursery. The largest employer is the base, and most jobs there require experience that my kids didn't have. Upon moving to Florida, my 18-yr old daughter had no problem using the computer skills learned at Chopticon HS to get a job as an office assistant at a major company in Jacksonville and she's making over 28k a year at 19, with no state or local taxes, free heathcare, and rent on a 1-br apartment is about $400. Lots of good jobs + good salaries + no taxes + low cost of living = MOVE TO FLORIDA!
3. I like collecting firearms the way that anyone likes to collect anything, and I can't... I will not... tolerate a state government that condones, in fact endorses, the banning of my RIGHT to collect what I legally collect because some people in the state don't like it. Lots of folks in Maryland love to gripe about losing rights that were never rights, but keeping and bearing arms is a right. Would you live in a state that banned your free practice of religion? Your right to vote? Your right to free assembly? If not, then you know how I felt even though you may have never owned a firearm.
If you don't know your rights, you don't have any. If you are not willing to stand up for your rights, they (whoever they are) will take them away.truby20 said:
I like Maryland as a beautiful place to live except ... the taxes are horrible, the schools are horrible, and the nuisance laws just keep getting worse.Bruzilla said:
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SmallTown said:You wanna get together and compare karma notes? Going by my recent "love fest", you should be getting quite a lot of red
What love fest are you getting beat up at?
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Football season!
talking bad about bay books a week or so ago. Maybe they wouldn't have come after me if I had just done a blanket statement like yoursBruzilla said:
But to keep somewhat on topic here, you ever been down to onpoint firearms in St. Petersburg? From their website they have a huge collection. I go there to look at pricing because compared to places here they are pretty reasonable.
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2ndAmendment said:
What make's Maryland beautiful? The lovely unnatural color of the Patuxent or Potomic Rivers? The beauty of the Fort Washington area? The vista view of DC as seen from just above the hood line of your car as you duck for cover?
In Mechanicsville I was 40 minutes from small and scenic Solomon's Island, 50 minutes from Calvert Cliffs state park (another nice spot), and 35 minutes or so from the beaches and museum at Pax River and our lone mall in Waldorf. Down here I'm...
35 Minutes from:
Jacksonville Beach
Neptune Beach
Ponte Vedra Beach
Five malls
Three shooting clubs
Professional Football, Baseball, and hockey arenas
Dozens of parks
Several fresh-water lakes
The Blue St. John's River (great for shrimping)
Lots of great eateries and shopping
50 minutes from:
St Augustine Beach
Several Outlet malls with Reebok, Seiko, Nike, etc, stores
Gainesville - Home of UF and the Gators
The TPC golf course
Three additional shooting clubs
And in a mere 90 minutes, about the time I would be arriving in the entertainment meccas of Rockville or Bowie, I'm driving past the Daytona International Speedway and on my way to the beach - by way of Hooters of Daytona of course.
Anyone who thinks that Maryland is a great place to live hasn't been around much.
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SmallTown said:
I'll check them out. I just picked up a used Sig P226 9MM in great shape with factory-installed night sites for the princely sum of $275 at the last North Florida Collector's Show. Walked in, showed my CWP, paid my cash, showed my receipt to the nice JSO officer at the door, and off I went. Sure beats paying $499 plus tax, $10, waiting 10 days, and all the other hassles back in MD!
My only beef is that AR-15 prices still haven't started down due to high initial costs for guns built during the AWB. They are still selling for about $900 down here. I'm thinking about buying 10 uppers and lowers and building guns for the next NFAC show and selling them for about $700 each. That'll make me about $200 on each gun, and I'll be underselling the guys wanting $900 by a good bit.
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Football season!
I was looking at the same gun at the show here last year, but they wanted over $400 for used ones. One dealer had two of the navy seal editions, but sold before I even got to his table. Kinda disappointed. Galyans use to be the best place here, price wise, but Dick's sporting good bought them out and got rid of the gun section.Bruzilla said:
Friends and family and we live a 10 minute walk from the Chesapeake make Maryland nice. Granted, I like the beaches in Florida. I prefer the Gulf to the Atlantic. I really like Hawaii and the beaches of Maui and Kauai, but they have crappy gun laws too. Of course I really liked the Mediterranean around Crete and the beaches of the Med from Gibraltar to Malaga in Spain were nice too. Switzerland is very beautiful as is Austria ans the Swiss have very liberal guns laws in most of the cantons. I do not prefer Italy except the norther region near Austria. I've been around. I've traveled to most of the northern hemisphere and all the states except Oregon and Alaska.Bruzilla said:
You were saying.
For those of you that think this does not effect you.