I think we are in for a real fight in the MGA next session. The gun grabbers are salivating.
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[FONT="]After the horror that unfolded in Orlando this month, directed at the LGBT community and made possible by ready access to weapons of war, many of my friends are demanding action.
[/FONT] [FONT="]This week, I joined Congressmen Chris Van Hollen, Elijah Cummings, John Sarbanes and Dutch Ruppersberger, along with Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence, for a National Day of Action to disarm hate and prevent further gun-fueled carnage.
[/FONT] [FONT="]We cannot become desensitized to the horror of Orlando. We cannot accept a status quo enabled by a Republican majority unwilling to stand up to the gun lobby.
[/FONT] [FONT="]The facts are inescapable: A military-style assault weapon was used to slay 49 young, vibrant nightclub patrons in Florida, who may have been targeted because of their sexual orientation.
[/FONT] [FONT="]A similar weapon was deployed in the slaughter of 20 innocent children and 6 adults in an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut; in the murder of 12 people with 70 more wounded in a theater in Aurora, Colorado; and in too many other mass killings.
[/FONT] [FONT="]Assault weapons equipped with large capacity magazines are the weapons of choice for mass murderers[/FONT][FONT="]. They make it too easy for a single individual to inflict mass casualties and drive up the death toll in minutes.
[/FONT] [FONT="]These weapons are not needed for hunting, or property protection.
[/FONT] [FONT="]They are weapons of war designed to kill people on the battlefield. There is no reason for a citizen to own an assault rifle unless he is planning an assault.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Within days of the Orlando shooting, the Supreme Court rejected a Second Amendment challenge to assault weapons and large capacity magazine bans in New York and Connecticut.
[/FONT] [FONT="]Maryland has similar bans, and my office defended them last month in an en banc hearing before the entire 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.
[/FONT] [FONT="]We must do whatever it takes to stop the killing. We need to reinstate the federal ban on military style assault weapons. We need to limit high-capacity magazines that hold the bullets that allow these mass murders to take place. We need background checks and licensing requirements.
[/FONT] [FONT="]As Attorney General, I am fully committed to defending Maryland’s assault weapons ban, and to supporting the courageous votes of state and federal legislators who work every day to protect public safety and reduce the risk of deadly gun violence.
[/FONT] [FONT="]I am asking you today for your help.[/FONT][FONT="] Please join my fight against gun violence, and help me build the support we need to make progress. It is only with your assistance that we can lead in this truly life-and-death struggle.[/FONT]
[FONT="]This year’s election – and those to come – will pit us against those who would roll back our efforts, and who wrongly think that the only answer is to put more guns in people's’ hands.
[/FONT] [FONT="]We can’t let that happen. I fought for common sense gun laws when I was in the state Senate. I am fighting today, in the courts, and with my partners.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Please give what you can today, and thank you for being part of this effort.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Sincerely,[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Brian[/FONT]
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