In the years since the FSA2013:Without everyone getting butthurt, I'm seriously asking what pro 2A battles have been won in this state? The only one I know of is the spent shell requirement and that had to do with money not politics.
-Shell casing requirement gone
-SBRs no longer on the handgun roster
-Fingerprints no longer required for carry permit renewals
-Largely prevented any more restrictive legislation from becoming law, including outright bans and criminal penalties for guns on campuses, requiring all private transfers of long guns to go thru a FFL, and fending off redundant and egregious mandatory minimum sentences for carrying without a permit.
Last session was looking good for moving the chains forward a bit. Bills that lessened the required hours for carry permit training to six, and moving that training requirement from before you apply to after the MSP has approved you for a permit (this is what DC does) both passed out of the House judiciary committee. The House leadership then forced us to choose one bill to move. We went with moving the training component. It passed the House completely and first-reader in the Senate, but Senator Madaleno from MoCo got an amendment attached to it on Sine Die, dooming it within an hour or so of the end of the session.
Some of this stuff may seem like small potatoes, but hey, this isn't WV or UT. These things don't come easy and a lot of people spend a lot of time in Annapolis to make opportunities happen. From folks picketing, writing letters, visiting legislators, working relationships, and speaking to the media; there's a lot to do and never enough people doing it.
MD is in rough shape, but CA, NJ, NY, CT, MA, and HI it is not. Work to keep it from getting there. Work to turn the tide. Get your friends, family members, co-workers, and anyone else you know involved.
The legislative session isn't much longer than a month from beginning and it's a three-month period of time in which segments of our legislature try to erode, destroy, eviscerate, and infringe upon your rights. Stand in their way.