- Oct 8, 2007
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The folks at PSA may simply be lazy. Take a quick look at the law and it's easy to find the county ordinance, since it is still on the books. You have to dig deeper to find the 1983 court decision that invalidates the ordinance. Then you have to read and understand the decision. If you don't dig and find the court decision, and only find the ordinance, you think ammo purchases are restricted in MoCo. Since MoCo's population is about 1 million, it represents less than one-third of one percent of the US population. I don't think they care about losing a potential market that is so small, or paying their lawyer to figure it out...even though we are spoon-feeding them the answer!
Why is it still on the books if it's invalid?
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From the MoCo/Atlantic guns lawsuit, it reads that way back in 1972 the Maryland General Assembly fixed the illegal gun problem with strong anti-gun/public safety laws. By now Baltimore and the rest of Maryland should be safe from all those gun toting nuts that are shooting everyone. So any new laws are just going to make things better right?
Quote from lawsuit in 1984 referring to the 1972 law:
The General Assembly's declaration of policy, codified in § 36B(a), is as follows:
The General Assembly of Maryland hereby finds and declares that:
(i) There has, in recent years, been an alarming increase in the number of violent crimes perpetrated in Maryland, and a high percentage of those crimes involve the use of handguns;
(ii) The result has been a substantial increase in the number of persons killed or injured which is traceable, in large part, to the carrying of handguns on the streets and public ways by persons inclined to use them in criminal activity;
(iii) The laws currently in force have not been effective in curbing the more frequent use of handguns in perpetrating crime; and
(iv) Further regulations on the wearing, carrying, and transporting of handguns are necessary to preserve the peace and tranquility of the State and to protect the rights and liberties of its citizens.
On the political side of things MoCo is not the best place I hear. If a place restricts ammo I would bash them more than a vendor who does not want to do business there, even if a state precedent is set.
Yeah, PSA is the bad guy here?
No offense meant to anyone, just a thought.