This is the first ad from the Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence Education Fund, focusing on the effectiveness of the fingerprint licensing provision in Maryland's Firearms Safety Act, which was signed into law by Gov. O'Malley on May 16, 2013. In the five states where fingerprint licensing is currently required for handgun purchases, gun death rates are among the lowest in the nation. According to experts at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, cities in states with handgun purchaser licensing laws have much lower rates of within-state illegal gun trafficking than those without licensing.
Showing posts with label Maryland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maryland. Show all posts
Monday, May 20, 2013
Thursday, May 16, 2013
No surprises from Gov. Martin O'Malley
I've mentioned that I know Martin O'Malley and my connections to him.
If you think I'm anti-gun: Martin makes me look like one of you lot!
Anyway, he has just signed into effect some of the strictest gun laws in the nation, which comes as no surprise to me. I'm not sure where Maryland fell in the gun law pile, but I thought they were somewhat strict.
Now, Gun magazines will be limited to 10 bullets, gun ownership by people who have been involuntarily committed to a mental health facility will be banned, and Maryland State Police will be able to suspend the licenses of gun dealers who fail to comply with recordkeeping obligations.
This says several things to me with the main one being that there is the political will to get stronger gun laws in place.
Martin is a politician (I'm too smart to be one). He wouldn't do something if it were going to cost him political points. And I think he wants to emulate the Kennedys and take a stab at the presidency.
Well, with some politicians seeing the blowback from failing to vote for background checks--he may have a point.
The real question is where will gun politics go in the US? Especially now that there may be an end to the Public Health research ban.
If you think I'm anti-gun: Martin makes me look like one of you lot!
Anyway, he has just signed into effect some of the strictest gun laws in the nation, which comes as no surprise to me. I'm not sure where Maryland fell in the gun law pile, but I thought they were somewhat strict.
Now, Gun magazines will be limited to 10 bullets, gun ownership by people who have been involuntarily committed to a mental health facility will be banned, and Maryland State Police will be able to suspend the licenses of gun dealers who fail to comply with recordkeeping obligations.
This says several things to me with the main one being that there is the political will to get stronger gun laws in place.
Martin is a politician (I'm too smart to be one). He wouldn't do something if it were going to cost him political points. And I think he wants to emulate the Kennedys and take a stab at the presidency.
Well, with some politicians seeing the blowback from failing to vote for background checks--he may have a point.
The real question is where will gun politics go in the US? Especially now that there may be an end to the Public Health research ban.
Friday, July 27, 2012
Another Attempted CopyCat Mass Shooting Foiled in Maryland in the past few hours
It may or may not be the case that James Holmes is crazy, dangerously mentally ill in the clinical sense that Jared Loughner has been diagnosed as schizophrenic rather than the colloquial sense.
Time and the court case will make that clear.
But some of these other men emulating Holmes are clearly not nuts, they're just bastards, and whatever justification they have for trying to get this kind of attention is simply crap. All it represents is the destructive fantasies embodied in our damned gun culture.
It is time to take the lethal toys out of the hands of the incompetent, violent, crazy, politically extreme, and just plain irresponsible once and for all. That includes the deluded dangerous jackasses who think it makes sense to ignore the rules of firearm safety when someone else starts shooting. I've already lost count how many damned copy cat attempts have occurred to date.
We are better than this, we are smarter than this, we are less deluded than this. We CAN improve on this problem of gun violence, but it won't be with MORE guns!
From ABC news:
Police say man threatened to kill people in Maryland
Read more: http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/national/sources-suspect-arrested-in-maryland-mass-shooting-plot-possible-aurora-copycat#ixzz21qnWIm8T
Time and the court case will make that clear.
But some of these other men emulating Holmes are clearly not nuts, they're just bastards, and whatever justification they have for trying to get this kind of attention is simply crap. All it represents is the destructive fantasies embodied in our damned gun culture.
It is time to take the lethal toys out of the hands of the incompetent, violent, crazy, politically extreme, and just plain irresponsible once and for all. That includes the deluded dangerous jackasses who think it makes sense to ignore the rules of firearm safety when someone else starts shooting. I've already lost count how many damned copy cat attempts have occurred to date.
We are better than this, we are smarter than this, we are less deluded than this. We CAN improve on this problem of gun violence, but it won't be with MORE guns!
From ABC news:
Police say man threatened to kill people in Maryland
Posted: 2:32 PM
CROFTON, Md (WMAR) - Authorities say they were granted an emergency petition to take a man into custody after he threatened to "load my guns and blow someone up."
The man was in the process of being fired from his job at a Federal Contracting company when the threats were made.
Some people who live in the area were evacuated before police entered the man's home.
According to officials, the man was facing termination from his job at Pitney Bowes, a postage meter company, in Prince George's County. Police say he had worked with the company for a number of years.
Authorities opened a 36 hour investigation after the man had told his co-workers "I'm a joker, I'm going to load my guns and blow someone up."
Authorities say they found an "arsenal" of weapons in his home at the time of his arrest and that he had made threats directed toward his employer.
Police say the talked to the man yesterday and he was spotted wearing a t-shirt that read "Guns don't kill people, I do."
The man was taken to the Anne Arundel County Medical Center for a mental evaluation and treatment.
A law enforcement source told WJLA that they believe the foiled shooting "could have been another Aurora," making reference to the mass shooting that happened last Friday at a suburban Denver movie theater.
This is a breaking story. Check back for updates.
The man was in the process of being fired from his job at a Federal Contracting company when the threats were made.
Investigators say the suspect, who has yet to be identified, was taken into custody in Crofton, MD early Friday morning.
Authorities say they had an emergency petition giving them the right to enter his home and take him into custody based on their investigation. That petition was granted after the man was deemed a threat to himself and the public.Some people who live in the area were evacuated before police entered the man's home.
According to officials, the man was facing termination from his job at Pitney Bowes, a postage meter company, in Prince George's County. Police say he had worked with the company for a number of years.
Authorities opened a 36 hour investigation after the man had told his co-workers "I'm a joker, I'm going to load my guns and blow someone up."
Authorities say they found an "arsenal" of weapons in his home at the time of his arrest and that he had made threats directed toward his employer.
Police say the talked to the man yesterday and he was spotted wearing a t-shirt that read "Guns don't kill people, I do."
The man was taken to the Anne Arundel County Medical Center for a mental evaluation and treatment.
A law enforcement source told WJLA that they believe the foiled shooting "could have been another Aurora," making reference to the mass shooting that happened last Friday at a suburban Denver movie theater.
This is a breaking story. Check back for updates.
Read more: http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/national/sources-suspect-arrested-in-maryland-mass-shooting-plot-possible-aurora-copycat#ixzz21qnWIm8T
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