...I did find out that Mac Middleton says that he will vote against the bill as it is written today.
Andy
I suggest that this could be read to mean, "if any change it made to the bill, then the legislator will vote for it."
...I did find out that Mac Middleton says that he will vote against the bill as it is written today.
Andy
This is Maryland and we have no rights.
We need to redouble our efforts to persuade thier legislators that this is a poorly written unconstitutional law. Talk about revolution, or defeatist talk of moving out of state is counterproductive and premature. Don't say that the legislative process failed just because it got out of committee. This is when we need to participate in the process, not opt out. Don't give up, that's what they want you to do.
I am going to write the legislators who are on the fence specific emails about thier concerns. For example, I plan to tell Zirkin he didn't do enough to stand up for the rights of people who may have had a disorder that put them in an institution (anorexia, for example) and now must vote against the bill.
We need to keep fighting.
Please bring up post partem depression as well....my wife admits I could have had her EPed to Sheppard Pratt or the like, she was so nuts. But that should not bar her from owning a gun 10 years from now.
Post pardum depression disqualification is a perfect example of how you could get support from someone who is interested in women's rights but not gun rights.
So clearly, flooding them with letters and filibustering the hearings didn't work. Where do we go from here? Pitchforks and torches outside their offices? Recall petitions? Lawsuits?
Maybe..I suggest that this could be read to mean, "if any change it made to the bill, then the legislator will vote for it."
We did, for all the good it did. They've got these voting districts gerrymandered to hell. You couldn't get a man like Lollar elected if your life depended on it.Not exactly true.
We have the right to send elected officials back to the private sector. That message needs to be shared with every representative with whom there is a beef.
Many will say there are no good candidates running, in which case we simply vote for our foe's opponent.
When good folks (like IMHO Charles Lollar) run, we need to turn out en masse.I keep waiting to see when Maryland residents have had enough. Apparently we're not there yet.
I completely agree with you.We need to redouble our efforts to persuade thier legislators that this is a poorly written unconstitutional law. Talk about revolution, or defeatist talk of moving out of state is counterproductive and premature. Don't say that the legislative process failed just because it got out of committee. This is when we need to participate in the process, not opt out. Don't give up, that's what they want you to do.
I am going to write the legislators who are on the fence specific emails about thier concerns. For example, I plan to tell Zirkin he didn't do enough to stand up for the rights of people who may have had a disorder that put them in an institution (anorexia, for example) and now must vote against the bill.
We need to keep fighting.
New member. This whole mess has galvanized me off my a**. Having moved from Virginia to Maryland a few years back, this has been an eye-opener. I knew there were differences between the states, but I just didn't know how much! Not that Virginia isn't headed down the liberal path as well...
I couldn't make the earlier gathering in Annapolis, but I can on the 1st. Any consensus on should we be there?
No one has explained to me why Marylanders are more unhinged, insane, and less trustworthy than Texans, Vermonters, Floridians and Iraqis, and thus need to have this unnatural restriction on our freedom imposed upon us. I suppose the masters of the 60% who do what they are told by their betters don't have to explain to their thralls, but I would like them to explain it to us.
No one has explained to me why Marylanders are more unhinged, insane, and less trustworthy than Texans, Vermonters, Floridians and Iraqis, and thus need to have this unnatural restriction on our freedom imposed upon us. I suppose the masters of the 60% who do what they are told by their betters don't have to explain to their thralls, but I would like them to explain it to us.
Not a chance. NOW is a part of the professional left and will not break ranks with the Brady Foundation and others, despite proof that armed women prevent rapes.
What does NOW have to do with it? My delegate doesn't belong to NOW, but is active on women's issues. I plan to point out to her that SB 281 unfairly penalizes women who seek help for post partum depression. She doesn't think it violates the Second Amendment - I disagree, but I want to make the argument that resonates the best.
No one has explained to me why Marylanders are more unhinged, insane, and less trustworthy than Texans, Vermonters, Floridians and Iraqis... .
No one has explained to me why Marylanders are more unhinged, insane, and less trustworthy than Texans, Vermonters, Floridians and Iraqis, and thus need to have this unnatural restriction on our freedom imposed upon us. I suppose the masters of the 60% who do what they are told by their betters don't have to explain to their thralls, but I would like them to explain it to us.