Anti-Gun Brian Frosh Turns on the “Political Spin”
Sunday, March 7th, 2010 at 6:40 PMAnti-Gun Brian Frosh Turns on the “Political Spin” to Re-invent Firearm Safety Act of 2010
But its for firearms safety who could be against that…LOL – AmmoLand.com
Associated Gun Clubs of Baltimore
Maryland – -(AmmoLand.com)- The following excerpts are from an email sent by Senator Brian Frosh to his email list on February 24, 2010. The comments for and aft have been inserted to point out some of the hard facts that Senator Frosh is attempting to spin his way around.
Senator Frosh’s email is clearly in response to the Washington Times editorial of 2-19-2010 and the Montgomery Gazette article which appeared the same day. The Times has been consistent; however, the article in the Gazette was not the liberal fluff we have seen in the past.
It appears that Senator Frosh knows that his bill is in for a rough ride. Look for him to attempt to soften the bill in an effort to get it out of committee with the hope of amending the bill to its original form on the Senate floor. We must be vigilant for similar moves in the House on the cross file version, HB 820.
In a letter to Frosh stated: “Dear Friend, The legislative session is in full swing and I wanted to update you on a vital public safety issue. Earlier this month, I introduced the Firearms Safety Act of 2010, a bill aimed mainly at reining in dealers who sell to gun traffickers. Senator Frosh”
Exactly what does a “Firearm Safety Act” have to do with gun traffickers? And don’t we already have mandatory safety training?
The original title was Firearm Accountability Act of 2010 – Why did you change it?
Which dealers are selling to gun traffickers?
Didn’t you tell us that 1 gun a month would prevent straw purchases and gun trafficking?
If this bill is aimed at dealers, why do citizens have to obtain a license / ID to exercise a Constitutional right?
Does this mean you won’t offer an amendment to remove the license / ID provision????
Frosh went on to say: “Two editorials about the bill have appeared since I introduced it: one in the Washington Post, the other in the Washington Times. Together, they are a tale of two cities. In one-the Post’s-the bill is an overdue, responsible effort to reduce murders in Maryland, where the homicide rate is third highest in the nation and over 70 percent of the deaths involve firearms.”
Senator Frosh, if as you say, Maryland’s homicide rate is the third highest in the nation, how do you explain that all of the “shall issue” concealed handgun permit states contiguous to Maryland have lower homicide rates?
Is this just another case of us “They’re not in touch with reality” as you described those who oppose SB 645 when you were recently quoted in the February 19th edition of the Montgomery Gazette?
“In the other-the Times’-the bill is Satan’s spawn, an infringement on fundamental American rights, the harbinger of a coming police state.
The Times editorial contains breath-taking factual errors about the bill itself. But the two editorials together show the extreme divergence of views about firearms in Maryland, and, almost certainly, in the whole nation. They show again why this is such a difficult issue to address. Judge for yourself:”
Whoa, just a minute! Help us out here Senator, exactly where are the “breath-taking errors” in the Times editorial? This sounds strangely reminiscent of the problems you claimed were in the civil immunity bill last session, yet were unable to document.
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Associated Gun Clubs of Baltimore, Inc. (AGC), located in Marriottsville, Maryland. The Associated Gun Clubs of Baltimore, Inc. was formed on July 1, 1944 when a number of World War II veterans in the Baltimore, Maryland area began looking for a place for recreational and competitive shooting. They organized with several other Baltimore area shooting clubs to form the “AGC” Visit: www.associatedgunclubs.org
