Md - Maryland Gun Bill Day

[Spot77]

YES - CALL HIS OFFICE.

His district is in the Pikesville area I believe. If you work, live, or worship in that area, call him. Let him know you support HB 1211 and hope that he will too.

If you want some background info on him, see:

www.bobbyzirkin.com


It's time for our final push - let's make it with a bang.

 

[Greg M]

The lady in Delegate Kelley's office stated that while they have received many calls in regard to HB 1211 (Citizens' Protection Act of 2005), very few (in any) were from his constituents. Please call or FAX him if you are in his district (26 - PG county).

The Honorable Darryl A. Kelley
205 Lowe House Office Bldg.
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401-1991

301-858-3212
I'm not sure about the FAX number. The AGC says to use:
301-858-3850

[email protected]

 

[chaim]

Wow, I really have been away! Some awesome stuff going on here.

Sorry I couldn't be there with you guys. My job is draining me, this week and last the earliest I got out of here (other than Friday just before the sabbath began) was 730 and usually it is more like 830-9 (I'm here right now, taking a 10min brake for my sanity). Oh well, I hope to be around more in the future.

Several people said Zirkin is on the fence, and I think it was Spot who said something about him especially being concerned with the Jewish (vote) opinion on this. I'm thinking that it may be best if I tried to visit his office in person (for those who haven't met me since I haven't been so active in the MD THR stuff lately....well, here is a link to my synagogue *, yes it is Chassidic). I may try to drum up some of my like minded friends to do the same (few are as into shooting, but many are self-defense minded gun-owners).


Oh, am I the only one here thinking it, but with all the work he has been doing I "nominate" Spott77 to be the THR candidate for state house or senate next time around


*Sorry I removed the link. It just occurred to me how many people are here and may be curious. I don't know how much traffic the hosting plan they use can handle and I'd hate to see the site go down because I sent too many people to it. If you are interested and want to see the site, PM me and I'll give you the link.

 

[Spot77]

Thanks for the nomination Chaim!

I'm afraid I'm probably a better cheerleader than quarterback though. I can get the team motivated, but I'm not the front end decision maker!

I have thought about running for a county council seat or something though. I think I'll enjoy my kids' youthfullness and innocence first.

I have no news to pass along right now. It APPEARS that the AWB is dead, but one can never be too careful in MD. No news on ccw bill or ballistic fingerprint repeal (there is word that Ehrlich defunded BF, but I'm not sure where that came from yet)

We're still waiting to see if Chairman Vallario lets HB1211 out for a vote. Hopefully he's not getting any pressure from Busch against it with so much other stuff stealing the limelight.

 

[Spot77]

Today is the last day for a vote on any gun bill. Monday is the cross over day, so it looks like all gun bills will be bottled up.

That's good, and that's bad.

It means the AWB has been beaten back (assuming nothing dramatic happens today)

It means the ccw bill won't advance this year (We knew the odds were against us, but we made some great advancements this year - more to come on this)

Ballistic Fingerprint Repeal will probably die. The program is apparently defunded, but MSP will still be required to collect the casings for now, even if they don't do a dang thing with them. This sucks becasue the de-facto ban on certain handguns is still in place with manufacturers who don't provide a shell casing. This bill probably would have passed if Delegate Neil Quinter (fromer Dianne Feinstein minion) had not attached his AWB bill on it. The only good news on this is that one Democrat (Quinter) just screwed another Democrat (Cadden, who sponsored the BFR bill), and Quinter managed to piss off Chairman Vallario (of the Judicial Proceedings Commitee in the House). Should be some animosity in the Democratic Party locally for a while - maybe we can exploit that )

The one bill that didn't get any attention and was expected to pass was the bill to allow rest stops while transporting firearms in MD. As we all know, it is legal only to travel with a firearm if you're going directly to or from a shooting event or gunsmith. Thsi bill would have allowed us (oh the priviledge!) to stop for gas, a drink, make a phone call.....hopefully there will be a vote on this today. It's a no-brainer.

Anyway, if anybody hears anything good, bad, ugly or just different, please pass it along.

 

[DelayedReaction]

I suspect they'll at least vote on the BF bill. They didn't budget for it, and the State Police would not be in compliance otherwise.

 

[Kharn]

The one bill that didn't get any attention and was expected to pass was the bill to allow rest stops while transporting firearms in MD. As we all know, it is legal only to travel with a firearm if you're going directly to or from a shooting event or gunsmith. Thsi bill would have allowed us (oh the priviledge!) to stop for gas, a drink, make a phone call.....hopefully there will be a vote on this today. It's a no-brainer.

I thought current law allowed you to keep an unregulated weapon (shotgun, sks, etc) in your vehicle as long as the magazine was unloaded and rounds stored seperately. I've heard of the state police telling people a 12ga pump in the back and a box of buck in the glove compartment was ok. Or are you specifically talking about regulated weapons?

Kharn

 

[nico]

the law refers to all guns afaik.

 

[Spot77]

I was under the impression taht the lasw applied to all firearms. I had not heard that there were exceptions for unregulated firearms.

I'll have to get some clarification I guess.

PS - Kharn, I have those brew formulas for you. I just have to get back to work and decipher them - they're written on a napkin

 

[io333]

Here is some info:


http://www.packing.org/talk/thread.jsp?talk_thread=26495

http://www.packing.org/talk/thread.jsp?talk_thread=29381/

 

[Kharn]

So, any news from today's votes?

Spot:
[thread hijack in progress]
Many great things in life have been written on napkins.
Did you sample Celtic Fury the other week? I thought it was pretty good, much, much better than Blackjack Stout, that stuff was stronger than Guinness Extra Stout, in my opinion.
[we now return you to your regularly scheduled thread]

io333:
Those threads seem to be more confusing than the law itself. What a great legal system we're stuck with in this state.

Kharn