Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Gun-rights advocates swarm Annapolis to fight O’Malley’s gun control bill

Via Horace 

 Del. Michael Smigiel (R-District 36) speaks at a pro-gun rights rally at Lawyers Park in front of the Maryland State House, Annapolis, Md., Wednesday, February 6, 2013. Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is set to testify at a Judicial Proceedings Committee hearing that are discussing a number of proposed gun bills. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Hundreds of gun-rights supporters who gathered Wednesday in Annapolis are now lined up to testify against a proposal by Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley that would ban assault weapons and require residents to obtain a license before purchasing handguns.

The Second Amendment advocates held a morning rally outside the State House

The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee hearing began at 1 p.m. and was expected to stretch to at least 9 p.m., as more than 400 people were signed up to testify as of 3 p.m. Senate staff members said hundreds more were lined up outside the Senate legislative building, hoping to submit testimony.

“We have come to a point where hysteria is ruling the debate,” Tom Morris Jr., a gun-rights advocate and former correspondent for the TV series “America's Most Wanted,” told the committee. “There’s so much in [the bill] that’s detached from reality.”

8 comments:

  1. Maryland is anti gun. I lived there when the Saturday Night Special ban was passed in '88. There has always been hostility for guns and gun ownership in Maryland. Private transfers are already banned and the MSP set up stings to catch people trying to purchase without going through a dealer. I live in Texas now and won't even return for my High School Reunions for years I have referred to Maryland as the "Socialist Republik of Maryland" I wish them good luck but will not be surprised at whatever happens.

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    1. Too bad and to think it was very pro-Southern during the War

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  2. Word from Maryland shooters .com is that well over 3000 folks showed up. Seems the communist, er democrat legislators would leave the room rather than listen to the pro 2a folks.Lots of people here are changing party registration to D to try to primary these douchnozzles. We may be far behind enemy lines here, but we are still fighting.

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  3. An unconstitutional act is not a law. It confers no rights. It imposes no duties. It affords no protection. It creates no office. It is in legal contemplation as inoperative as though it had never been passed. Therefore an unconstitutional act purporting to create an office gives no validity to the acts of a person acting under color of its authority. -Norton v. Shelby County, 6 S.Ct. 1121

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