Pro-gun rally in Annapolis

[USP9]

500 people showed up to rally for the 2nd Amendment in Annapolis.

Baltimore Sun, I'm having trouble locating the coverage of it. I mean, you cover the pro-gay rallies and pro-illegal immigrant rallies when a couple dozen people show up.

Surely there must be an article somewhere here, since the Sun is a fair and balanced newspaper, right?

I mean, a protest of 500 people surely must be newsworthy so obviously the Sun would show some integrity by covering it, right?

[Baltimatt]

WBAL has it.

Opponents of gun control legislation are planning a demonstration next to the Maryland State House.

The "Guns Across America" rally in Maryland will be held in Annapolis on Saturday. Organizers say the demonstrations are being held to highlight Second Amendment rights.

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is backing a comprehensive measure that includes a ban on assault weapons and new licensing requirements for handguns this session. It also includes provisions relating to mental health and school safety.

[octoburn]

The Baltimore Sun even announced the protests ~

Linky

I see that Pat McDonough is also involved. Good luck if that's the case. whatever happened to those lawsuits against the governor and the Maryland General Assembly he said he was going to file years ago?

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Damn, I missed it.

[Tunguska]

Damn, I missed it.

Understood.

The ballet recital is priority 1.

[Woodbuchr]

Damn, I missed it.

Probably too busy exercising his First Amendment rights trying to deny others their Second Amendment rights.

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Probably too busy exercising his First Amendment rights trying to deny others their Second Amendment rights.

I can dream, can't I?

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Understood.

The ballet recital is priority 1.

Does Annapolis have a ballet? Symphony, yes.

Ah, another failed attempt. .

You are now 0-2. Care to go for 3?

[Baltimatt]

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Ballet Theatre of Maryland 801 Chase Street, Annapolis, MD 21401 410-263-8289

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Ballet Theatre of Maryland 801 Chase Street, Annapolis, MD 21401 410-263-8289

Thank you, Matt. I did not know.

I wonder if Tunguska would be interested?

[johnpolitics]

This is my rifle...
this is my gun....
I am all in favor of showing off pride in your gun!

[octoburn]

Delegate Don Dwyer was also a featured speaker at the rally too.

Linky

Given his drinking problem that required treatment and the stress he admitted to being under, should he even be allowed to possess guns?

I'd hate to think that members of the Pink Pistols or a similar pro~gun rights group showed up and were welcomed to attend there along with all others and he later found out. It might cause a relapse if he should happen to feel "betrayed" over yet another gay~related acceptance issue.

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Delegate Don Dwyer was also a featured speaker at the rally too.

Linky

Given his drinking problem that required treatment and the stress he admitted to being under, should he even be allowed to possess guns?
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Priceless.

[Woodbuchr]

Delegate Don Dwyer was also a featured speaker at the rally too.

Given his drinking problem that required treatment and the stress he admitted to being under, should he even be allowed to possess guns?
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He may not be permitted to own or purchase firearms after admitting to a drinking problem. I am sure that will be resolved by the courts or the State Police. I would also think he may not be the best spokesperson for the movement right now but he still has the right to support it.

As for his supporting others rights to keep and bear arms he is still permitted to do that. A person may still support others while not neceassirly wanting, or being legally able, to partake of the action.

There are women who support another woman's right to choose on abortion while they themselves would never consider one, just as there are young ladies who could not leaglly get an abortion on their own who support the right to choose.

And no I am not comparing gun rights to abortion. Read the post. I am comparing supporting something if you do not or legally cannot take part in that something.

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He may not be permitted to own or purchase firearms after admitting to a drinking problem. I am sure that will be resolved by the courts or the State Police. I would also think he may not be the best spokesperson for the movement right now but he still has the right to support it.

As for his supporting others rights to keep and bear arms he is still permitted to do that. A person may still support others while not neceassirly wanting, or being legally able, to partake of the action.

There are women who support another woman's right to choose on abortion while they themselves would never consider one, just as there are young ladies who could not leaglly get an abortion on their own who support the right to choose.

And no I am not comparing gun rights to abortion. Read the post. I am comparing supporting something if you do not or legally cannot take part in that something.

I don't think anyone is arguing against HIS right to voice his opinion/support. He certainly is free to stand in the crowd and shout slogans, just like everyone else.

I think what is being implied is, perhaps, that the organizers of this rally would have been better served by picking someone with better/cleaner credentials to speak on their behalf. He was a "featured speaker". Personally, I could care less....but if an admitted drunk is the best that the gun proponents/lobby can muster, then you all are in deep trouble. I assure you, the irony of this did not go unnoticed by the casual observer.

[Charles Guggenheimer]

That idiot O'Malley and his nonsense gun control bill.

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/fr...ect3&ys=2013RS

SB281

Altering the authorization for a person to wear, carry, or transport a handgun to be within specified limitations; designating specified firearms as assault weapons; prohibiting, with specified exceptions, a person from transporting an assault weapon into the State or possessing, selling, offering to sell, transferring, purchasing, or receiving an assault weapon; authorizing specified licensed firearms dealers to continue to possess, sell, offer for sale, or transfer specified weapons under specified circumstances; etc.

[Woodbuchr]

Here are all 38 pages of the bill:

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/bills/sb/sb0281F.pdf

For those that have not read a proposed bill before the language in bold is new language added to the existing law and language in [brackets] is language being deleted.

Did you also notice that, as I mentioned in my thread on Nationals, that this is called the Firearms Safety Act of 2013 not the 2013 Gun Control Act

http://talk.baltimoresun.com/showthread.php?t=326908

[The Astute Reader(tm)]

Thank, O'Malley. You just quadrupled the price of the so-called "assault rifles." If I decide to sell all mine I just might be able to retire.

[octoburn]

I would not be surprised if the current~governor imposes an annual licensing requirement, including a live firearms handling and safety exam every several years for all gun owners costing at least a couple hundred of dollars for each renewal

And of course ~ none of it will affect criminals in any way, nor will there be an end any time soon to dropping gun charges in certain criminal cases as often happens.

[Woodbuchr]

I would not be surprised if the current~governor imposes an annual licensing requirement, including a live firearms handling and safety exam every several years for all gun owners costing at least a couple hundred of dollars for each renewal

And of course ~ none of it will affect criminals in any way, nor will there be an end any time soon to dropping gun charges in certain criminal cases as often happens.

I would not be surprised either if the State Government tries to impose costs on legitimate gun owners in an attempt to make legally owning guns and ammo prohibitively expensive. The problem I see with that is that I cannot see how it would be constitutional. It would, to my non-lawyerly eye, be equivilent to a "poll tax" which was declared unconstitutional quite a while ago. An excessive fee cannot be applied to a constitutional right.

As for your second point (which I can't tell is truely sarcastic or not, even with the roll eyes) it may affect criminals minimally. Their illegal guns and ammo may cost them more. I also think if the "madatory" sentences were actaully used and not dropped then that may have an effect. Convincing the courts not to drop is another matter entirely.