Ronin13
04-04-2013, 10:18
Think it's bad here... try living in Maryland! If this passes it'll be almost worse than CA and NY COMBINED!
Maryland's House of Delegates approved a major gun control measure Wednesday to ban assault weapons, require people who buy handguns to provide their fingerprints and limit gun magazines to 10 bullets.
The House voted 78-61 for the bill, one of Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley's priorities for the legislative session scheduled to end at midnight Monday. All 78 votes in support of the bill came from Democrats, while 18 Democrats joined all 43 Republicans in the chamber to vote against it.
Surprise surprise- All the R's voted against, but only 18 D's- Ronin
"As states that have this show, when handgun purchasers have to get a fingerprint license through the state police, they are much less likely to buy guns for criminals. These straw purchases are one of the main ways criminals get guns," said Vincent DeMarco, president of Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence.
The Maryland measure also included an assault weapons ban for 45 guns, although people who own them or order them before the law takes effect in October would be allowed to keep them.
Supporters say the measure will put Maryland's already strong gun-control laws among the nation's strongest. Critics described the bill as a devastating blow to Second Amendment rights. They said the measure wrongly focuses on guns, rather than people who use them to commit crimes.
"We never blame cars for killing people when they're driven by drunk drivers or out-of-control pop stars," said Delegate Justin Ready, R-Carroll. "Vehicles kill more people in this country than anything else, but no reasonable person would ever suggest that we should ban vehicles based on how they look, even when there are some that maybe have a higher propensity to say, flip over."
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/04/04/maryland-house-passes-gun-bill-with-fingerprint-requirement/#ixzz2PVojq7NB
[facepalm]This tyranny will not stop unless people stand up and stop it. Shit, I'm glad I don't live in MD. [Mad]
Maryland's House of Delegates approved a major gun control measure Wednesday to ban assault weapons, require people who buy handguns to provide their fingerprints and limit gun magazines to 10 bullets.
The House voted 78-61 for the bill, one of Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley's priorities for the legislative session scheduled to end at midnight Monday. All 78 votes in support of the bill came from Democrats, while 18 Democrats joined all 43 Republicans in the chamber to vote against it.
Surprise surprise- All the R's voted against, but only 18 D's- Ronin
"As states that have this show, when handgun purchasers have to get a fingerprint license through the state police, they are much less likely to buy guns for criminals. These straw purchases are one of the main ways criminals get guns," said Vincent DeMarco, president of Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence.
The Maryland measure also included an assault weapons ban for 45 guns, although people who own them or order them before the law takes effect in October would be allowed to keep them.
Supporters say the measure will put Maryland's already strong gun-control laws among the nation's strongest. Critics described the bill as a devastating blow to Second Amendment rights. They said the measure wrongly focuses on guns, rather than people who use them to commit crimes.
"We never blame cars for killing people when they're driven by drunk drivers or out-of-control pop stars," said Delegate Justin Ready, R-Carroll. "Vehicles kill more people in this country than anything else, but no reasonable person would ever suggest that we should ban vehicles based on how they look, even when there are some that maybe have a higher propensity to say, flip over."
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/04/04/maryland-house-passes-gun-bill-with-fingerprint-requirement/#ixzz2PVojq7NB
[facepalm]This tyranny will not stop unless people stand up and stop it. Shit, I'm glad I don't live in MD. [Mad]