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    casualmadness

    casualmadness

    Man about town
    Jun 4, 2012
    2,227
    VA
    Just thinking-I moved here from Washington. I lived between Seattle and Tacoma-a very liberal area. And all the politicians down on Olympia are wildly liberal. I mean-WA legalized weed and gay marriage. That's pretty liberal IMHO.

    However, when I applied for my CCP in WA, it was very easy. I filled out the paperwork, paid the cash and five days later I had my permit. With that permit, I could walk into any gun store in WA, throw down some cash and walk out with a handgun. Very 2A friendly. I really thought WA was extreme liberal. Man was I wrong...

    I guess it could be worse though...I DID live in Manhattan under Bloomberg's rule for a while. Talk about life sucking.

    So has MD always been so liberal? Just curious to hear from some of you who've been here for a long time. Is this as bad as it's been (MOM) and I'm not specifically referring to the gun ban talk. Or has there been worse gov's? Just curious is all.
     
    Mr H

    Mr H

    Unincited Co-Conservative
    Mar 9, 2010
    136,579
    PRM, Province AA, District 32, GBP Zone
    casualmadness said:
    Just thinking-I moved here from Washington. I lived between Seattle and Tacoma-a very liberal area. And all the politicians down on Olympia are wildly liberal. I mean-WA legalized weed and gay marriage. That's pretty liberal IMHO.

    However, when I applied for my CCP in WA, it was very easy. I filled out the paperwork, paid the cash and five days later I had my permit. With that permit, I could walk into any gun store in WA, throw down some cash and walk out with a handgun. Very 2A friendly. I really thought WA was extreme liberal. Man was I wrong...

    I guess it could be worse though...I DID live in Manhattan under Bloomberg's rule for a while. Talk about life sucking.

    So has MD always been so liberal? Just curious to hear from some of you who've been here for a long time. Is this as bad as it's been (MOM) and I'm not specifically referring to the gun ban talk. Or has there been worse gov's? Just curious is all.
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    Maryland is ruled by a concentration of power in what I call "The Leftist Triangle"... that area loosely bounded by 295, I-70, and I-270...

    The politicians here go out of their way to marginalize the opposition (read up on "Plan Maryland"), which is generally in the more rural areas.

    But yeah... it's been bad for a very long time.
     
    krucam

    krucam

    Ultimate Member
    Dec 5, 2008
    8,932
    3rd Rock from the Sun...DFW, TX
    WA is not that bad from a 2A perspective, IMHO.

    MD, NY, CA, IL, NJ are often rolled into the same heap as sucking WRT 2A...it's deserved....

    The gu owners in the 5 aforementioned states, spend inordinate amounts of time arguing who "Sucks Less".

    CA has some Shall Issue, no NFA, Bullet Buttons
    Md allows NFA, 20 rd mags (for now), but a May Issue carry policy.

    Who Sucks Less?
    :party29:
     
    wynnstudio

    wynnstudio

    "Member"
    Feb 15, 2011
    345
    Parkville, MD
    I always found WA a crazy mix of left and right. I would love to live out there, I really like the pacific north west area.

    I would laugh when flying out there in the boarding area, I side you have earthy crunchy looking people with the a baby swaddled to their front and on the other side 2 lumber jack looking guys.


    wynnstudio
     
    Boom Boom

    Boom Boom

    Hold my beer. Watch this.
    Jul 16, 2010
    16,834
    Carroll
    There's a huge difference between social liberals and authoritarians. In the former camp, the motto is live and let live, as the OP saw in WA. In the latter camp, the motto is power and control by any means necessary, including subversive tactics such as pretending to be socially liberal when it's beneficial to the underlying cause. In reality, the two groups have very little in common. MD is not a liberal State. Not even close.
     
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    aht2131

    Active Member
    Aug 5, 2011
    134
    mbz300sdl said:
    I am definitely a social liberal but the above definition and I know a good many on this site are as well
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    Totally agree, and it bugs the hell out of me when guns and other issue gets turned into the typical us vs them.
     
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    mrbule

    Active Member
    Jan 12, 2010
    786
    I moved over here from Washington state about 10 years ago.
    What a lot of people don't realize is once you cross the cascades to the east it is politically a different beast. Much much more conservative.

    And it's a desert. I remember growing up with 300 days of sunshine a year.
     
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