Maryland

VNVGUNNER said:

What is Maryland's law on gun ownership during a national disaster ?
Can they come and take them ?

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SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:

(1) The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States states that, `A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.' and Congress has repeatedly recognized this language as protecting an individual right.

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nighthawk2099 said:

Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act of 2006. It was signed into Law October 4, 2006.

What kills me is about this law, is this sections:

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Purpose: To prohibit the confiscation of a firearm during an emergency or major disaster if the possession of such firearm is not prohibited under Federal or State law)
On page 127, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
SEC. 540. PROHIBITION ON CONFISCATION OF FIREARMS.
None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to temporarily or permanently seize any firearm during an emergency or major disaster (as those terms are defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122)) if the possession of such firearm is not prohibited under Federal or State law, other than for forfeiture in compliance with Federal or State law or as evidence in a criminal investigation.

Amended Text
The amendment (No. 4615), as modified, is as follows:
On page 127, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
SEC. 540. PROHIBITION ON CONFISCATION OF FIREARMS.
None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used for the seizure of a firearm based on the existence of a declaration or state of emergency.

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MD Code, Public Safety, § 14-303

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Public Safety

Title 14. Emergency Management
Subtitle 3. Governor's Emergency Powers

>>§ 14-303. Governor's proclamation of state of emergency



Authority to proclaim state of emergency


(a) During a public emergency in the State, the Governor may proclaim a state of emergency and designate the emergency area:

(1) if public safety is endangered or on reasonable apprehension of immediate danger to public safety; and

(2) on:

(i) the Governor's own initiative; or

(ii) the application of:

1. the chief executive officer or governing body of a county or municipal corporation; or

2. the Secretary of State Police.


Orders, rules, and regulations to control and terminate public emergency--
Issuance

(b) After proclaiming a state of emergency, the Governor may promulgate reasonable orders, rules, or regulations that the Governor considers necessary to protect life and property or calculated effectively to control and terminate the public emergency in the emergency area, including orders, rules, or regulations to:

(1) control traffic, including public and private transportation, in the emergency area;

(2) designate specific zones in the emergency area in which the occupancy and use of buildings and vehicles may be controlled;

(3) control the movement of individuals or vehicles into, in, or from the designated zones;

(4) control places of amusement and places of assembly;

(5) control individuals on public streets;

(6) establish curfews;

(7) control the sale, transportation, and use of alcoholic beverages;

(8) control the possession, sale, carrying, and use of firearms, other dangerous weapons, and ammunition; and

(9) control the storage, use, and transportation of explosives or flammable materials or liquids considered to be dangerous to public safety, including "Molotov cocktails".


Orders, rules, and regulations to control and terminate public emergency--
Notice

(c) Before an order, rule, or regulation promulgated under subsection (b) of this section takes effect, the Governor shall give reasonable notice of the order, rule, or regulation:

(1) in a newspaper of general circulation in the emergency area;

(2) through television or radio serving the emergency area; or

(3) by circulating notices or posting signs at conspicuous places in the emergency area.


Orders, rules, and regulations to control and terminate public emergency--
Effect

(d) An order, rule, or regulation promulgated under subsection (b) of this section:

(1) takes effect from the time and in the manner specified in the order, rule, or regulation;

(2) may be amended or rescinded, in the same manner as the original order, by the Governor at any time during the state of emergency; and

(3) terminates when the Governor declares that the state of emergency no longer exists.


Added by Acts 2003, c. 5, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2003.

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MD Code, Public Safety, § 14-301

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Public Safety

Title 14. Emergency Management

Subtitle 3. Governor's Emergency Powers

>>§ 14-301. Definitions

(b) "Energy emergency" means a situation in which the health, safety, or welfare of the public is threatened by an actual or impending acute shortage in energy resources.

(c) "Public emergency" means:

(1) a situation in which three or more individuals are at the same time and in the same place engaged in tumultuous conduct that leads to the commission of unlawful acts that disturb the public peace or cause the unlawful destruction or damage of public or private property;

(2) a crisis, disaster, riot, or catastrophe; or

(3) an energy emergency.

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Spot77 said:

What guns?

I don't have any guns or ammo.

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Half-cocked said:

It happened in New Orleans... and lots of people never got them back.

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Half-cocked said:

It happened in New Orleans... and lots of people never got them back.

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Redneck17 said:

probably a good thing since Im willing to bet most we criminals down there that had them.

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novus collectus said:

Actually most of the people who had them taken away which the lawsuit was about were law abiding gun owners.
The NO police tried to claim most of the thousand or more guns were "finds" in abandoned homes and such which were taken for public safety, but when there was a public hearing there were something like hundreds of people that claimed they were taken from their hands or their homes while they were in it.

You want to see a horror? Look at the pictures in this link
http://alloutdoorsonline.com/gunrights.html

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