2015 General Assembly Bills

[Mr H]

Some reminders, in regard to writing the GA membership...


Be factual. Hyperbole and innuendo will be ignored. Emotional connections are good, but don't let them get in the way of your point.

Be polite. Ranting and raving have their place, but IMO a letter to a legislator isn't one of them. Win them to your point, rather than shove it in their eye.

Proofread. Please. Many a good point has been lost to poor grammar, spelling and formatting.

Sign your name as it appears on your voter card. If you are not registered yet, it's quick and easy. "Bobby Smith" will not easily be correlated to someone registered as "Robert J. Smith, Jr." and, when they get busy, it will likely not be considered.

This year in particular, if you can make a connection between your position on legislation and budgetary issues, it sure can't hurt to bring it up.


Will post more if I come up with anything.

 

[DC-W]

Some reminders, in regard to writing the GA membership...


Be factual. Hyperbole and innuendo will be ignored. Emotional connections are good, but don't let them get in the way of your point.

Be polite. Ranting and raving have their place, but IMO a letter to a legislator isn't one of them. Win them to your point, rather than shove it in their eye.

Proofread. Please. Many a good point has been lost to poor grammar, spelling and formatting.

Use your name as it appears on your voter card. If you are not registered yet, it's quick and easy. "Bobby Smith" will not be correlated to someone registered as "Robert J. Smith, Jr.", and will likely not be considered.

This year in particular, if you can make a connection between your position on legislation and budgetary issues, it sure can't hurt to bring it up.


Will post more if I come up with anything.

This!

Also understand that the majority of these folks aren't interested in hearing about James Madison or Thomas Jefferson and god-given rights... To the contrary, they're turned off.

 

[Bertfish]

Proofread. Please. Many a good point has been lost to poor grammar, spelling and formatting.

THIS THIS THIS. For the love of all that is good don't give them any reason to think that we are somehow less intelligent then they are. Use that spell checker and when you've finished writing read aloud what you have put down.

 

[MDFF2008]

THIS THIS THIS. For the love of all that is good don't give them any reason to think that we are somehow less intelligent then they are. Use that spell checker and when you've finished writing read aloud what you have put down.

These people LOVE nothing better than proving their beliefs that gun owners are dumb hicks.

 

[mxrider]

Let's please try and keep this on topic. There is a thread for 2ATuesday that all of these should be posted in

 

[Mr H]

???

Writing to, and communicating with, legislators about bills goes far beyond one day.

IMO, it's the whole point of posting the bills to GenPop.

 

[Brooklyn]

So far not too bad, any chance of SB281 going away?

I do not want to moot the court case...do you?

If so what will you do next time and scalia is not there.

If this case gets mooted. Its time to run for the hills..

Really.

 

[DC-W]

HB0121 has been introduced:
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=billpage&tab=subject3&id=hb0121&stab=01&ys=2015RS

Repealing specified mandatory minimum sentences for specified drug- related offenses; providing that a person convicted of specified drug- related offenses is not prohibited from participating in a specified drug treatment program; providing that a specified person is entitled to a hearing and sentence review; repealing a prohibition against a person possessing a regulated firearm if the person was previously convicted of specified drug-related offenses; etc.

 

[Brooklyn]

And here it is!
SB0100 has been submitted by Senator Norman and has numerous sponsors.
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=billpage&stab=01&id=sb0100&tab=subject3&ys=2015RS
It's a re-submitting of SB0729 from 2014's GA

Any debate on this bill may impune the claim that self defense is a G&S under current law, and thus end any attempt to act administratively. Esp if it gets a vote and fails.

 

[rem87062597]

Any debate on this bill may impune the claim that self defense is a G&S under current law, and thus end any attempt to act administratively. Esp if it gets a vote and fails.

You're right, but there's no way it'll make it out of committee. I think if it's brought to the floor we need to win. I don't think we have any shot at Hogan/MSP willingly going against the direct wishes of the legislature if this actually is debated. Clarifying COMAR is one thing, it's another to administratively make law right after the potential law was voted against and I don't think Hogan wants to make waves that are that big.

 

[Brooklyn]

You're right, but there's no way it'll make it out of committee. I think if it's brought to the floor we need to win. I don't think we have any shot at Hogan/MSP willingly going against the direct wishes of the legislature if this actually is debated. Clarifying COMAR is one thing, it's another to administratively make law right after the potential law was voted against and I don't think Hogan wants to make waves that are that big.

We don't want the debate at all. Not yet. Only if Hogan does not act... next session would be the soonest IMHO.

And it would be smart to cordinate with Hogan.

I would not bet much that will happen.. but who knows.

 

[iH8DemLibz]

We don't want the debate at all. Not yet. Only if Hogan does not act... next session would be the soonest IMHO.

And it would be smart to cordinate with Hogan.

I would not bet much that will happen.. but who knows.

Governor Hogan won't be going anywhere near a firearms issue until February of 2019 at the earliest.

And rightly so if he wishes to have a second bite at the apple.

We are on our own.

.02

 

[redeemed.man]

Governor Hogan won't be going anywhere near a firearms issue until February of 2019 at the earliest.

And rightly so if he wishes to have a second bite at the apple.

We are on our own.

.02

2019? WTF? I will abstain from voting if he waits until then to do "something" for carry rights.

 

[Mr H]

Governor Hogan won't be going anywhere near a firearms issue until February of 2019 at the earliest.

And rightly so if he wishes to have a second bite at the apple.

We are on our own.

.02

I'm sticking with my 2-3 year timeframe... but that also includes that we hold up our end of the load. If we don't act in the meantime, why should he bother then?

 

[DC-W]

HB0160 has been introduced. It's a resubmit of Del. Smigiel's 2014 HB0713.
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=billpage&stab=01&id=hb0160&tab=subject3&ys=2015RS

Authorizing the sale, offer for sale, rental, or transfer in the State of a handgun that is sold, offered for sale, rented, or transferred with an external safety lock as an alternative to an integrated mechanical safety device.

 

[dblas]

Any debate on this bill may impune the claim that self defense is a G&S under current law, and thus end any attempt to act administratively. Esp if it gets a vote and fails.

No it won't, the only way that self defense would be taken off the table administratively is if the legislature actually stepped up and wrote the definition of G&S into law.

Pass, not pass in the legislature has absolutely no bearing on what another branch of government (Executive) will do administratively.

Please stop overthinking things and making them harder than they need to be.

 

[dblas]

You're right, but there's no way it'll make it out of committee. I think if it's brought to the floor we need to win. I don't think we have any shot at Hogan/MSP willingly going against the direct wishes of the legislature if this actually is debated. Clarifying COMAR is one thing, it's another to administratively make law right after the potential law was voted against and I don't think Hogan wants to make waves that are that big.

Sure there is, have a companion bill sponsored in the house and have it go to committee. There are enough republicans on the house side to petition a bill out of committee if they want to. If that happens, there is no way on earth that a committee chairman can desk drawer a bill, and no committee vote needed at that point (I believe).

 

[Bertfish]

Sure there is, have a companion bill sponsored in the house and have it go to committee. There are enough republicans on the house side to petition a bill out of committee if they want to. If that happens, there is no way on earth that a committee chairman can desk drawer a bill, and no committee vote needed at that point (I believe).

If it is petitioned out of committee in the house and passed to the senate wouldn't the senate judiciary still be able to desk drawer it?

 

[Mr H]

If it is petitioned out of committee in the house and passed to the senate wouldn't the senate judiciary still be able to desk drawer it?

Maybe, but it would be JPR sticking its thumb in JUD's (if not the whole House's) eye, and that would be bad form.

If it were to pass the House, it would be with some D support, and the wrangling Mike & Mike would have to do would be epic.

IMO, they would--in your scenario--fight this on the Senate floor, and try to pull a Frosh with the voting... kick it back to the House, and corral the vagrant Ds there.

 

[44man]

I'm sticking with my 2-3 year timeframe... but that also includes that we hold up our end of the load. If we don't act in the meantime, why should he bother then?

what load are we to hold up and 2 or 3 more years before anything pro 2a is to show outwardly? what happened to as soon as he got in office? like I have said before I don't expect instant relief from our yokes but 2 or 3 more years?