Maryland Assault Weapons Ban of 2010 Withdrawn

SB516 – Maryland Assault Weapons Ban of 2010 Withdrawn

Maryland – -(AmmoLand.com)- Congratulations folks! Your sustained efforts at making your voices heard have resulted in the sponsor of SB516, Senator Lenett, withdrawing the bill as of Tuesday.

We know from first hand knowledge that the incredible pressure, to the tune of several hundred emails and calls a day, brought to bear upon the sponsor of this bill was responsible for the sponsor pulling it.

We have just a little time to pat ourselves on the back for a job well done, but we mustn’t be complacent and believe that the rest of the session will be as easy. Keep up the great work and put down the other bills that we oppose and voice your support for the others. Remember, we are only as effective as the sum effort of our individual members.

What are they really trying to do?
We have to wonder if these high profile bills that are garnering our community’s attention are not a distraction on two fronts. First, they are trying to dilute our efforts on the shall issue and civil immunity bills. Secondly, we think that the AWB and Gun Owner Licensing bills are feints to cover their real intentions which are to pass bills that will make it more difficult for dealers to stay in business, create a registration list of all firearms sold in Maryland and to pass legislation that will ultimately develop into the ammunition logs that we defeated last year.

If you compare the language of SB167 with some of the language contained in HB820/SB645, you will see that it is nearly identical with regards to the record keeping requirements. It is important that we continue to exert our influence on all of the bills below.

March 2

• HB776 Criminal Law – Home Invasion Crime of Violence – Support

March 11

• HB354 Public Safety – Possession of Ammunition for Firearms – Penalties – Oppose – backdoor justification for the ammunition logs from HB1446 last year.
• HB683 Public Safety – Handgun Permits – Repeal of Finding Requirement – Strongly Support – Repeals the “good and substantial” clause for the issuance of permits to carry a handgun.
• HB820 Firearm Safety Act of 2010 – Strongly Oppose – We covered our analysis of this bill here.
• HB893 Public Safety – Handgun Permits – Victims of Domestic Violence – Support
• HB905 Criminal Law – Prohibitions on Wearing, Carrying, or Transporting Firearms – Exceptions – Support
• SB44 Criminal Law – Use of Firearm in the Commission of a Crime of Violence or a Felony – Oppose
• SB167 Regulated Firearms – Application for Dealer’s License – Record-Keeping and Reporting Requirements – Strongly Oppose – our response was covered here.
• SB191 Weapon-Free Higher Education Zones – Oppose – our response was covered here.
• SB274 Criminal Law – Violation of Restriction Against Possession of Firearms – Penalties – No position at this time
• SB563 Public Safety – Possession of Ammunition for Firearms – Penalties – Oppose – backdoor justification for the ammunition logs from HB1446 last year.
• SB645 Firearm Safety Act of 2010 – Strongly Oppose – We covered our analysis of this bill here.
• SB743 Criminal Law – Handguns – Transport in Motor Vehicle by Nonresident – No position at this time
• SB842 Regulated Firearms – License Issued by Another State to Current or Former Member of the Armed Forces – Reciprocity – Support

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Maryland Shall Issue is an all volunteer, non-partisan effort dedicated to the preservation and advancement of all gunowners’ rights in Maryland, with a primary goal of CCW reform to allow all law-abiding citizens the right to carry a concealed weapon; and to the education of the community to the awareness that ’shall issue’ laws have, in all cases, resulted in decreased rates of violent crime.” Visit: www.marylandshallissue.org