Encoded ammunition tax bill

and here comes the Encoded Ammunition - Tax bill

http://mlis.state.md.us/2008RS/billfile/HB0517.htm

The back door ammunition and gun ban is back.

Round two folks....let's get to work.

We already have the means to get through to the Judiciary Committee

http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=4278

They are very slick in this bill in that we also have to go through the Ways and Means Committee which means another round of letters and another days of hearings to attend.

This would be very bad:

Synopsis:

Authorizing a person to sell ammunition for a regulated firearm on or after January 1, 2009, only in accordance with the Act; requiring an ammunition manufacturer to encode ammunition for a regulated firearm in a specified way; requiring the Secretary of State Police beginning on January 1, 2009, to establish and maintain an encoded ammunition database; imposing a tax of 5 cents per round on the sale of encoded ammunition beginning on January 1, 2009; etc.

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The Ways and Means Committee is a tough call. Lots of Dems but some from relatively conservative districts. Also a lot of MoCo and PG whackos, including one of the head whackos herself, Jolene Ivey.

http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/com/07ways.html

SHEILA ELLIS HIXSON
Democrat, District 20, Montgomery County
House Office Building, Room 131
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3469, (301) 858-3469
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3469 (toll free)
e-mail: sheila.hixson@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3777, (301) 858-3777

ANN MARIE DOORY
Democrat, District 43, Baltimore City
House Office Building, Room 131
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3476, (301) 858-3476
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3476 (toll free)
e-mail: annmarie.doory@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3558, (301) 858-3558

JOSEPH R. BARTLETT
Republican, District 4A, Frederick County
House Office Building, Room 323
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3080, (301) 858-3080
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3080 (toll free)
e-mail: joseph.bartlett@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3349, (301) 858-3349

KUMAR P. BARVE
Democrat, District 17, Montgomery County
House Office Building, Room 361
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3464, (301) 858-3464
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3464 (toll free)
e-mail: kumar.barve@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3020, (301) 858-3020

JON S. CARDIN
Democrat, District 11, Baltimore County
House Office Building, Room 304
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3833, (301) 858-3833
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3833 (toll free)
e-mail: jon.cardin@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3373, (301) 858-3373

D. PAGE ELMORE
Republican, District 38A, Somerset & Wicomico Counties
House Office Building, Room 216
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3433, (301) 858-3433
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3433 (toll free)
e-mail: page.elmore@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3463, (301) 858-3463

C. WILLIAM (BILL) FRICK
Democrat, District 16, Montgomery County
House Office Building, Room 217
12 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3454, (301) 858-3454
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3454 (toll free)
e-mail: bill.frick@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3457, (301) 858-3457

RON GEORGE
Republican, District 30, Anne Arundel County
House Office Building, Room 152
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3439, (301) 858-3439
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3439 (toll free)
e-mail: ron.george@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3256, (301) 858-3256

JAMES W. GILCHRIST
Democrat, District 17, Montgomery County
House Office Building, Room 221
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3744, (301) 858-3744
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3744 (toll free)
e-mail: jim.gilchrist@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3850, (301) 858-3850

CAROLYN J. B. HOWARD
Democrat, District 24, Prince George's County
House Office Building, Room 301
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3919, (301) 858-3919
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3919 (toll free)
e-mail: carolyn.howard@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3925, (301) 858-3925

JOLENE IVEY
Democrat, District 47, Prince George's County
House Office Building, Room 204
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3478, (301) 858-3478
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3478 (toll free)
e-mail: jolene.ivey@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3403, (301) 858-3403

J. B. JENNINGS
Republican, District 7, Baltimore & Harford Counties
House Office Building, Room 319
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3698, (301) 858-3698
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3698 (toll free)
e-mail: jb.jennings@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3598, (301) 858-3598

ANNE R. KAISER
Democrat, District 14, Montgomery County
House Office Building, Room 405
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3036, (301) 858-3036
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3036 (toll free)
e-mail: anne.kaiser@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3060, (301) 858-3060

SUSAN W. KREBS
Republican, District 9B, Carroll County
House Office Building, Room 324
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3200, (301) 858-3200
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3200 (toll free)
e-mail: susan.krebs@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3028, (301) 858-3028

ROBERT A. McKEE
Republican, District 2A, Washington County
House Office Building, Room 321
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3447, (301) 858-3447
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3447 (toll free)
e-mail: robert.mckee@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3448, (301) 858-3448

PETER F. MURPHY
Democrat, District 28, Charles County
House Office Building, Room 217
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3247, (301) 858-3247
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3247 (toll free)
e-mail: peter.murphy@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3259, (301) 858-3259

JOHN A. OLSZEWSKI, JR.
Democrat, District 6, Baltimore County
House Office Building, Room 308
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3458, (301) 858-3458
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3458 (toll free)
e-mail: john.olszewski@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3123; (301) 858-3123

CRAIG L. RICE
Democrat, District 15, Montgomery County
House Office Building, Room 223
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3090, (301) 858-3090
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3090 (toll free)
e-mail: craig.rice@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3112, (301) 858-3112

JUSTIN D. ROSS
Democrat, District 22, Prince George's County
House Office Building, Room 151
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3652, (301) 858-3652
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3652 (toll free)
e-mail: justin.ross@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3699, (301) 858-3699

MELVIN L. STUKES
Democrat, District 44, Baltimore City
House Office Building, Room 316
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3544, (301) 858-3544
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3544 (toll free)
e-mail: melvin.stukes@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3384, (301) 858-3384

FRANK S. TURNER
Democrat, District 13, Howard County
House Office Building, Room 206
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3246, (301) 858-3246
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3246 (toll free)
e-mail: frank.turner@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3986, (301) 858-3986

JAY WALKER
Democrat, District 26, Prince George's County
House Office Building, Room 204
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3581, (301) 858-3581
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3581 (toll free)
e-mail: jay.walker@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3403, (301) 858-3403

Info from NRA

Here are some facts that you can use when writing your letters.

“Encoded Ammunition”


“Encoded Ammunition” (Bullet and Cartridge Case Serialization) Means:

* Forfeiture of Currently-Owned Ammunition

* A Separate Registration for Every Box of New Ammunition

* Outrageously Expensive Ammunition Costs for Police & Private Citizens Alike

*A Waste of Taxpayer Money, Better Spent on Traditional Police Programs

In 2007, the sponsor of “encoded ammunition” legislation in Maryland urged lawmakers across the country to introduce the same kind of legislation in their states. The bill would require ammunition manufacturers to engrave a serial number on “the base of the bullet and the inside of the cartridge casing of each round” of ammunition for popular sporting caliber center-fire rifles, all center-fire pistols, all .22 rimfire rifles and pistols, and all 12 gauge shotguns.

Reasons to Strenuously Oppose This Legislation

People would be required to forfeit all personally-owned non-encoded ammunition. After a certain date, it would be illegal to possess non-encoded ammunition. Gun owners possess hundreds of millions of rounds of ammunition for target shooting, hunting and personal protection. Consider that American manufacturers produce 8 billion rounds each year.

Reloading (re-using cartridge cases multiple times) would be abolished. There would be no way to correspond serial numbers on cartridge cases, and different sets and quantities of bullets.

People would be required to separately register every box of “encoded ammunition.” This information would be supplied to the police. Most states do not even require registration of guns. Each box of ammunition would have a unique serial number, thus a separate registration.

Private citizens would have to maintain records, if they sold ammunition to anyone, including family members or friends.

The cost of ammunition would soar, for police and private citizens alike. The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturing Institute estimates it would take three weeks to produce ammunition currently produced in a single day. For reason of cost, manufacturers would produce only ultra-expensive encoded ammunition, which police would have to buy, just like everyone else.

A tax of five cents a round would be imposed on private citizens, not only upon initial sale, but every time the ammunition changes hands thereafter.

Shotgun ammunition cannot be engraved. Shotgun pellets are too small to be individually engraved. Shotgun cartridge cases are made of plastic, which would be difficult to engrave.

Criminals could beat the system. A large percentage of criminals’ ammunition (and guns) is stolen. Criminals could also collect ammunition cases from shooting ranges, and reload them with molten lead bullets made without serial numbers.

Congress eliminated a similar requirement in the 1980s, because there was no law enforcement benefit. Federal law had required purchasers of handgun ammunition to sign a ledger, but Congress repealed that requirement in 1983 (.22 rimfire) and 1986 (center-fire handguns), because it burdened purchasers, vendors and police, with no law enforcement benefit.

Good stuff Cornbeef....I'm going to start working on my newsletter for lit drops to the shops and ranges. We should be able to start dropping those next week and getting some of the Fudds from the ranges that could care less about an AWB motivated.

This would also eliminate any sort of sport shooting in this state forever.

Awesome! I can drop some around the Frederick shops if needed. I have some pull at a newspaper in the area, I wonder what the possibilities of putting an ad in the paper are?

Decoy said:

and here comes the Encoded Ammunition - Tax bill

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Decoy said:

http://mlis.state.md.us/2008RS/billfile/HB0517.htm[/quote]

House Bill 517

Regulated Firearms _ Encoded Ammunition _ Tax

Synopsis:
Authorizing a person to sell ammunition for a regulated firearm on or after January 1, 2009, only in accordance with the Act; requiring an ammunition manufacturer to encode ammunition for a regulated firearm in a specified way; requiring the Secretary of State Police beginning on January 1, 2009, to establish and maintain an encoded ammunition database; imposing a tax of 5 cents per round on the sale of encoded ammunition beginning on January 1, 2009; etc.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/billfile/hb0517.htm

Prior Year Introduction As: HB 1393/07 _ HRU
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/hb1393.htm

http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/hb/hb1393f.pdf

Hearing: ??? (2008)

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Norton said:

We already have the means to get through to the Judiciary Committee

http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=4278

They are very slick in this bill in that we also have to go through the Ways and Means Committee which means another round of letters and another days of hearings to attend.

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Letters to both committees or just the Ways and Means?

Jaybeez said:

Letters to both committees or just the Ways and Means?

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Both!

The encoding portion means it goes through Judicial. The tax portion means it goes through Ways and Means.

I sent out this Alert to everyone on my Mailing List, CCed to members of HJ & W&M Committees

Title: Think Ammo is expensive now?

My Friends, Fellow Patriots,
Think Ammunition is expensive now? What ever your answer, you need to see this,
http://mlis.state.md.us/2008RS/billfile/HB0517.htm

In being well rounded in knowledge with Firearms & in the Business of retailing the Products targeted, this Legislation levies an additional $.05 per rd. on some 90% of present Calibers now available on the Open Market. Keep in mind as well the additional expense to Manufacture! This would definitely be passed on to the consumer! With out doubt, actual cost would surely exceed a Nickle!
This Legislation is just another defacto Gun Ban!

Let your opposition be known to
HB 517! Contact your Reps & Members of the Judiciary & Ways and Means Committees,
http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/hse.html

http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/com/05jud.html

http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/com/05jud.html

Best Regards,
~Lambo

I'm getting my webmaster to make a simple form we can link to, that will allow a user to enter there own name , email address and short message, an automatically send an email to the proper commitee, for both this bill and HB2 He says it'll be really easy. I have him checking on the option to allow printing for people that are not WORD savvy, for the written letters.

Jaybeez said:

I'm getting my webmaster to make a simple form we can link to, that will allow a user to enter there own name , email address and short message, an automatically send an email to the proper commitee, for both this bill and HB2 He says it'll be really easy. I have him checking on the option to allow printing for people that are not WORD savvy, for the written letters.

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That would be excellent, I have friends who just don't like to write letters. This would really be great.

I'm writing my letters now. Will mass mail tonight.

Jaybeez said:

I'm getting my webmaster to make a simple form we can link to, that will allow a user to enter there own name , email address and short message, an automatically send an email to the proper commitee, for both this bill and HB2 He says it'll be really easy. I have him checking on the option to allow printing for people that are not WORD savvy, for the written letters.

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Very cool addition to our arsenal of tools for this fight.

Just to reiterate though, the most effective means of expressing displeasure with this is through snail mail, then phone calls and finally email.

Jaybeez said:

I'm getting my webmaster to make a simple form we can link to, that will allow a user to enter there own name , email address and short message, an automatically send an email to the proper commitee, for both this bill and HB2 He says it'll be really easy. I have him checking on the option to allow printing for people that are not WORD savvy, for the written letters.

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I already created just such a form a couple of years ago, but nobody used it. It is still on the server but I killed the link.

DD214 said:

I already created just such a form a couple of years ago, but nobody used it. It is still on the server but I killed the link.

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This site has grown alot in a couple years!

Is the data on it still current?

I need a list of the mailing addresses for judiciary. I have the emails and #'s.

Jaybeez said:

This site has grown alot in a couple years!

Is the data on it still current?

I need a list of the mailing addresses for judiciary. I have the emails and #'s.

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Probably not, as it was 2 years ago when I populated the database. It worked well, but as I said, no one used it. Here is the page, but I disabled the submit button since the database is out of date.

http://www.mdshooters.com/mdga/emailjud.php

I've sent out relevent info to the powers that be @ AAF&G...hopefully we can get the fudds in the trap/skeet trailer off their backsides for this one since it hits their 12g shotgun shells too!