WCBM 680am was talking about it early this morning.
Vincent DeMarco, chairman of Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence, says the law is "a lifesaving measure, which is clearly constitutional."
WMAL got it wrong. They keep calling it a handgun license. They said a major point was the requirement for fingerprints to get a handgun license was a part of the suit. This should be corrcted ASAP.
This makes us look unreasonable.
What it really is a license to purchase a handgun rather than a handgun license.
We attack every part of the HQL, including the requirement, as implemented, that a person get livescan fingerprints as part of the HQL process. What it really is a license to purchase a handgun rather than a handgun license. But that's a difference way too subtle for the Media. And the article is correct that the fingerprinting was a central requirement. The suit attacks that requirement too, especially the burdensome way it was implemented by the MSP.
I'll always remember frosh during 3rd reader(iirc) in the Senate, up and down, the fingerprint requirement was going to make straw buyers have to stand in front of a trooper to get printed. It was going to be this huge deterant. Senators questioned him on this, and he went to *someone*(legal or msp rep) for verification right during the debate, applicants would be getting prints at the barracks, and the fee would be small. The deterant factor was his only stated reason. A burden for the sake of burden.
The HQL already has proven to be an unreasonable burden as well as a failure, to boot, right? What fabricated, misleading stats will they conjure up, a la "How to Lie With Statistics," to try to convince the Court otherwise?
Seems that the driving factors in "gun violence" are economic prosperity and elimination of drug trafficking, both of which the Dems have failed to deliver on in MD despite 50-100 years of iron grip control in most places.
that was my point. IMO it makes us look unreasonable. I guess it's too bad the media cannot see the difference
When I mention the words "handgun qualification license", people assume I am talking about a carry permit... or just ask "what the hell is an HQL?". I would suspect that MOST people (average Joes, not gun people), would see the words "handgun license" and assume it means "carry permit". I use my HQL for state-issued I.D. quite often and most security and LEO have made comments such as "oh... you are one of us." or... "what is that?" or... "WOW!!! how did you get a Maryland carry permit?".
I get where people would see us as unreasonable...
...just my .02
because it makes us look like we are opposed to fingerprints for a carry permit as part of the background check.
I have to assume that is not the case.
because it makes us look like we are opposed to fingerprints for a carry permit as part of the background check.
I have to assume that is not the case.
They have answered that question. They would rather folks be illegally armed. Crime continues to rise and the sheeple call for more big government. Win win for them.The fingerprints just add more people into the database. Yet another reason someone with nefarious intentions, if they already don't have a history, avoid legal purchases.
If you look at it from another angle, the HQL reduces the amount of registered firearms and has increased the amount of illegally obtained weapons. There will be firearms regardless. Which would the legislature prefer?