HPRB July 29, 2019 Meeting Thread

Deep Lurker said:

The proceedings at Fort Smalkin have entered the Twilight Zone, depicted here in black and white, the era for which the HPRB was contrived:

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Deep Lurker said:

The proceedings at Fort Smalkin have entered the Twilight Zone, depicted here in black and white, the era for which the HPRB was contrived:

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jc1240 said:

Might be slightly off topic, but MD really can be irritating.

All states recognize each others driver's licenses. All states recognize each other's marriage licenses. This should be no different.

On top of that, the hypocrisy of MD in saying they won't help the feds with illegal immigration because that deals with federal law and at the same time tramples on a RIGHT guaranteed at the federal level.

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Not_an_outlaw said:

That would be a commerce clause action. I brought this up at an Annapolis Elks club MSI meeting I got poo pooed. I think it's another path to action.
Note: poo pooing was not from MSI, it was a 2a female attorney drumming up business.

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Stoveman said:

This will make you sick but suck it up, it's not that long. Attorney Ed Hershon does a great job but these clowns on the board are having none of it.

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fidelity said:

Wow, this new HPRB is indistinguishable from a movie depiction of a Communist Chinese court. No matter how compelling the argument, the state is always right.

By this board’s logic, the applicant could have been unarmed and violently assaulted during non-business hours, but the MSP LD would have been in the right to issue permit restrictions because it is within their authority and the HPRB provides no real oversight.

Good job, Hogan.

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In past years, the handgun board frequently heard permit appeals in closed session. But the board’s new chairman, former federal judge Frederic Smalkin, who was appointed in June, has not favored closed meetings.


When Smalkin was absent for the July 22 meeting, the meeting was run by member Daniel F.C. Crowley — and he and the board agreed to hear two permit cases in closed session.

But F. Todd Taylor Jr., the board’s executive director, warned that the board could be in violation of the Maryland Open Meetings Act.

Taylor said Smalkin instructed the board’s staff to modify the board’s agendas so that they no longer included a notice that the board might go into a closed session. That notice is one of the prerequisites for a public meeting to be legally held behind closed doors.

“What could happen is someone could file a complaint with the Open Meetings Compliance Board,” Taylor warned the board.

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