maddogthegreatest
Active Member
Just received email from Delegate Anne Kaiser....
She says Supporting our 2nd amendment rights.
We will see about that next November....
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Thank you for writing to my office and voicing your opposition to SB281:
Firearm Safety Act of 2013, introduced by Senate President Mike Miller on behalf of Governor Martin O’Malley.
This legislation provides a comprehensive plan of reforms to make people safer and reduce preventable gun violence.
It includes provisions regarding gun licensing and fingerprinting; gun safety; and mental health safeguards and services.
Specifically, the provisions of SB 281 bans the sale of military-style assault weapons;
limits magazine capacity to 10 rounds (the previous limit was 20) and requires licensing, fingerprinting, and safety training to purchase a handgun.
These provisions should reduce “straw purchases” (where someone with a record gets a friend to buy a gun on their behalf) of both assault style weapons and handguns which over time should reduce the number of illegal guns on our streets while also promoting sensible,
responsible gun ownership.
Further, this initiative creates safeguards to keep guns away from people who may be a danger to themselves or others due to mental illness, while also facilitating unprecedented levels of information sharing among federal and state partners for background checks.
This bill improves mental health services in Maryland by establishing a Center for Excellence on Early Intervention for serious mental illness and expands Maryland’s Crisis Intervention Teams, Crisis Response Services, and Mental Health First Aid.
Also, this bill establishes a Department of Health and Mental Hygiene led Task Force to Improve Continuity of Care for Individuals in the Community Mental Health System.
Despite characterizations of this bill and those of us who voted for it, I fully support our 2nd amendment rights.
I place our right to bear arms right alongside our freedom of speech, of a free press and our freedom of religion. With each of these guaranteed freedoms comes rights and with each right comes responsibility. And with each responsibility, comes reasonable regulations.
I believe that this bill crystallizes that responsibility in important, meaningful and manageable ways.
Crucially, the new law does not do the following: it does not prohibit lawful citizens from obtaining or owning a handgun and it does not require additional licensing procedures for hunting rifles and shotguns.
The new law does not force citizens who lawfully possessed an assault weapon prior to the bill’s passage to surrender their weapon or to register it.
Furthermore, it does not require current lawful gun owners to retroactively obtain a license.
Your views are important to me and I appreciate that you have taken the time to write to me.
Please do not hesitate to contact me during the session should any other concerns arise.
Very truly yours,
Anne R. Kaiser
She says Supporting our 2nd amendment rights.
We will see about that next November....
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Thank you for writing to my office and voicing your opposition to SB281:
Firearm Safety Act of 2013, introduced by Senate President Mike Miller on behalf of Governor Martin O’Malley.
This legislation provides a comprehensive plan of reforms to make people safer and reduce preventable gun violence.
It includes provisions regarding gun licensing and fingerprinting; gun safety; and mental health safeguards and services.
Specifically, the provisions of SB 281 bans the sale of military-style assault weapons;
limits magazine capacity to 10 rounds (the previous limit was 20) and requires licensing, fingerprinting, and safety training to purchase a handgun.
These provisions should reduce “straw purchases” (where someone with a record gets a friend to buy a gun on their behalf) of both assault style weapons and handguns which over time should reduce the number of illegal guns on our streets while also promoting sensible,
responsible gun ownership.
Further, this initiative creates safeguards to keep guns away from people who may be a danger to themselves or others due to mental illness, while also facilitating unprecedented levels of information sharing among federal and state partners for background checks.
This bill improves mental health services in Maryland by establishing a Center for Excellence on Early Intervention for serious mental illness and expands Maryland’s Crisis Intervention Teams, Crisis Response Services, and Mental Health First Aid.
Also, this bill establishes a Department of Health and Mental Hygiene led Task Force to Improve Continuity of Care for Individuals in the Community Mental Health System.
Despite characterizations of this bill and those of us who voted for it, I fully support our 2nd amendment rights.
I place our right to bear arms right alongside our freedom of speech, of a free press and our freedom of religion. With each of these guaranteed freedoms comes rights and with each right comes responsibility. And with each responsibility, comes reasonable regulations.
I believe that this bill crystallizes that responsibility in important, meaningful and manageable ways.
Crucially, the new law does not do the following: it does not prohibit lawful citizens from obtaining or owning a handgun and it does not require additional licensing procedures for hunting rifles and shotguns.
The new law does not force citizens who lawfully possessed an assault weapon prior to the bill’s passage to surrender their weapon or to register it.
Furthermore, it does not require current lawful gun owners to retroactively obtain a license.
Your views are important to me and I appreciate that you have taken the time to write to me.
Please do not hesitate to contact me during the session should any other concerns arise.
Very truly yours,
Anne R. Kaiser
