I think we need to approach this from a different angle.
1.) Shell cases have been sitting in 55 gal drums for years. MDSP no longer possesses the equipment to handle the cases and this dept needs to go. Tax $ savings
2.) Background checks to be turned back to the dealers. Do away with this dept at the MDSP. Tax $ savings
3.) Handgun roster to be done away with. Dept to be done away with. Tax $ savings
Turn the resources who were employed in these departments into street patrols in the city of Baltimore. Have them work with the City department to curtail the drug trafficking off of I-70, I-83 and I-95.
Senate Appropriation is attacking it from this direction. They requested a report by the end of this year (?) from MSP on the entire program to include the disposition of the machine, and the disposition of the shell casings (I believe).