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So how does this work if you can't buy a handgun if you have the card? Are they admitting they have it wrong in both cases?So, some interesting tidbits in there. #1 was medical mj cards are NOT a disqualifier for W&C permits.#2, and more importantly, three of the top four jurisdictions with the most permits are BaltCo, PGCo, and Balt City. So wouldn't SB1 be unfairly targeting the people that live in those jurisdictions? IE People of color and minorities? Seems like a good talking point to me.
Somerset poor compared to every county in the state. I was incorrect in that Allegheny is poor than Talbot.Was that a joke? Somerset is poor compared to Talbot.
You are exactly correct Maryland state police has clearly said it is not a disqualifier for the permit but you are correct. It is a federal disqualifier for a purchase so you can get an HQL but you may not purchase a firearm.So how does this work if you can't buy a handgun if you have the card? Are they admitting they have it wrong in both cases?
Perhaps. But if you break it down by numbers, Carroll does not have 7x the percentage of conservatives than MoCo does. Is it is a LOT more? For sure.Kent has a large number of leftists. That could also be 1 reason for that county.
Keep in mind MSP also had to pickup, what? 20 or so full time staff to handle the influx of permitting? Not including staff hours pulled from other work. That's more than I assume the extra staff is costing, but MSP probably picked up 2-3 million a year in salary and benefit obligations for those hired to work all of the permits. Plus, other costs to print and mail permits. Assuming permits cost nothing to process, that is $11.4 million. On a budget measured in the tens of billions, that is a drop in the bucket. When you figure probably half of that is getting sucked up by salaries they have to pay and various costs to process the paperwork and mail permits a few million isn't much in the end for the Maryland budget.114,000+ permits x $100.00 great windfall for the MD budget.
In the case of MoCo, I'm wondering how many folks that would have otherwise applied for a permit were dissuaded when MoCo bill 21-22 was rolled out in July or are now taking a "wait and see" attitude with everything that transpired with it since. I suspect it's essentially the additive effect of multiple causes keeping the % as low as it is there, though.I have no doubt politics and political persuasion as well as gun ownership rates probably have a ton to do with it. But it isn't all of it. I would be curious to know what IS behind it all, because I don't think that explains it, in its entirety.
Washington College and associated environs ... and comeheres from NYC and NJ. What was once a solid red county is now purple going blue.Kent has a large number of leftists. That could also be 1 reason for that county.
Have you been to Talbot Co. lately? There are no poor there, it's overrun with rich liberals fleeing DC.I suspect Talbot, Somerset and Kent have such low numbers because of local poverty.
Proud to be part of the 0.5%I thought this was interesting. Here's a quick look at the permit numbers (from Slide 6) relative to county populations.
County Population Permits % Carroll 174,619 6,101 3.5%Calvert 93,998 3,250 3.5%Queen Anne's 50,498 1,636 3.2%Garrett 28,419 920 3.2%St. Mary's 116,366 3,387 2.9%Allegheny 66,012 1,835 2.8%Harford 265,754 7,181 2.7%Caroline 33,362 890 2.7%Charles 172,638 4,555 2.6%Cecil 104,511 2,669 2.6%Dorchester 32,504 799 2.5%Washington 156,889 3,702 2.4%Worcester 52,763 1,241 2.4%Talbot 37,448 831 2.2%Somerset 24,065 513 2.1%AA 603,441 12,809 2.1%Baltimore Co. 869,388 17,464 2.0%Kent 18,898 355 1.9%Frederick 283,216 5,275 1.9%Wicomico 105,046 1,760 1.7%Balt City 575,133 8,218 1.4%PG 998,335 12,856 1.3%Howard 345,886 3,941 1.1%Montgomery 1,089,145 5,933 0.5%
In terms of total permits, we're already past 100K... just under 115K total reported at the top of slide 6. The 20K noted "in the pipeline" are from 2022 alone and doesn't even include 2023 applications.So based on the PowerPoint there are 20K permits in the pipeline, giving us 100K soon. My guess is the total will go to 300K before things settle out.
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Their answer is that the W&C and the HQL are state level permits and state law controls, so the state does not see the MMC as a prohibitor to getting either card.So how does this work if you can't buy a handgun if you have the card? Are they admitting they have it wrong in both cases?