MD Gun Laws

Just a heads up. The sponsor of latest Assault Weapons Ban in this state withdrew his legislation from committee consideration at the State House in Annapolis yesterday morning or the day before.

Good.

The so called "Scarlet Letter G" legislation is next up. It's an enhanced gun-purchase permitting system, maybe like Massachusetts, but with an unknown fee, a maybe onerous training requirement, and maybe a mark on your driver's license. It's a bit of a moving target, and politicians are getting flooded with angry calls about the silliness it represents. I'm optimistic it will die in committee, too.

Sadly, the annual efforts to make the state shall-issue will also be killed by the chairman, Frosh, as he does every year.