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      Must read: WaPost: "5 Questions About Maryland's Gun-Control Bill"

      Washington Post: "5 questions about Maryland’s gun-control bill," by Aaron C. Davis, Thursday, March 28, 7:57 AM. Sweeping gun-control legislation promoted by Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) once appeared on a fast-track to clear the Maryland General Assembly. It passed the state Senate...
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      Capital Gazette: Committee members at odds with O'Malley on gun ban

      From CapitalGazette.com: "Maryland lawmakers second guessing O'Malley's assault rifle ban," by Alex Jackson (Thursday March 21, 3:58 PM): Gov. Martin O'Malley's hard plan for gun control could be softened by Maryland lawmakers in a House of Delegates committee. With a committee vote on the...
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      another "child" falls victim to deadly gun violence

      Associated Press: Stolen shotgun hits trigger on stolen rifle, kills burglary suspect
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      new article by John R. Lott in Maryland Law Review

      As far as I can tell, this has not previously been posted on this forum: The Maryland Law Review has published a new article by Prof. John R. Lott, Jr., titled, "What a Balancing Test Will Show for Right-to-Carry Laws." It uses the March ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Benson Legg as the...
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      Washington Post columnist Courtland Milloy: the case for handguns in D.C.

      Liberal Washington Post columnist Courtland Milloy, who wrote a column last August making fun of people who take instruction to receive a concealed carry permit in Virginia, has a new column today suggesting that the recent murder by knife of a man walking his dog in D.C. "does provide a...
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      Pennsylvania judge restores permit in open-carry case

      I decided to start a new thread on the case of Greg Rotz, a resident of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (Franklin County). As discussed in the earlier thread, Mr. Rotz openly carried a holstered handgun into a polling place on November 6, 2006. Open carry is legal in Pennsylvania without a permit...
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      Maryland law bars handgun sports shooting except with unloaded, enclosed handgun

      The board is kind of sleepy lately. Time to stir things up with a spirited discussion of the proper interpretation of a Maryland gun law. Earlier today, as I was starting a different thread on this forum, I had occasion to once again reflect on how carelessly written some of Maryland's gun...
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      Actors with guns are outlaws in New Jersey

      http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/nj/index.ssf?/base/news-6/119432595627970.xml&coll=2 Re-enactors with real guns prompt change Effort being made to change state law to allow exemptions. Tuesday, November 06, 2007 BY JIM LOCKWOOD The [Newark, NJ] Star-Ledger Historical war...
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      Nobody ever taught her, never bring an ax to a gunfight . . .

      On Long Island, N.Y., a convenience store clerk used an ax to drive off a would-be robber wielding a handgun (possibly fake) (story with video): http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime_file/2007/10/24/2007-10-24_thug_pulls_out_a_gun_long_island_clerk_w-2.html
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      new Captain America will carry semi-auto

      From the Washington Post (October 16, 2007). Good Guy With a Gun: A Superhero For the Times By David Betancourt Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, October 16, 2007; C01 When Captain America returns to the pages of his comic book in January, it won't be his star-spangled new duds...
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      article on gun background checks in MD (Carroll Co. Times)

      The two stories below, dealing with gun-related background check requirements in Maryland, appeared in the August 5, 2007 edition of the Carroll County (Md.) Times. I have posted separatedly a third article from the same edition, dealing with right-to-carry legislation in Maryland. Va. Tech...
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      Carroll County Times story on right-to-carry legislation

      The following article appeared in the August 5, 2007 edition of the Carroll County Times, at URL http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2007/08/05/news/local_news/newstory4.prt Attempts to change Md. law defeated By Heather Cobun,Times Staff Writer Carroll County Times Each...
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      "Feeling Safe Isn't Safe" -- Michael Barone column

      http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/070429/7barone.htm Feeling Safe Isn't Safe By Michael Barone This story appears in the May 7, 2007 print edition of U.S. News & World Report Posted 4/29/07 The murders two weeks ago at Virginia Tech naturally set off a cry in the usual...
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      The "loaded magazine" urban legend, debunked

      I am not a lawyer, and nothing in this posting should be regarded as legal advice. But I can read. For years, some Maryland gunowners have been under the impression that under Maryland's strict law (Section 4-203 of the criminal code) governing the transporting of handguns (without a...
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      transporting handgun in vehicle: distinctions between federal and Maryland law

      This morning I was on another gun site (www.highroad.org), and I came across a current thread in which there was some erroneous information posted about the laws governing transportation of a handgun in or through Maryland. I wrote up my own understanding of the subject and posted it there...
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      pellet-gun-wielding robber flunks victim selection

      This is from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website -- March 14, 2007. Riccardo Crossland, who tried to use a pellet gun to rob a permitholder victim who was walking a pit bull, could have been a nominee for the Darwin Award, except that he survived. When next turned loose, perhaps Mr. Crossland...
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      Washington Post blog on D.C. gun ban ruling

      http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/comments/display?contentID=AR2007030901090
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      VOTE -- NBC-4 and blog on DC gun ban ruling

      http://www.nbc4.com/index.html
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      VOTE -- WTOP poll on court ruling invalidating D.C. gun ban

      http://www.wtop.com/
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      U.S. Court of Appeals says D.C. gun ban violates 2nd Amendment

      The ruling (2-1) by a three-judge panel is posted on the Court website -- http://pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov/docs/common/opinions/200703/04-7041a.pdf
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