2/23 General Assembly Gun Bills - Live Discussion

[DC-W]

A lot going on in different committees today at 1pm. The links to the committee streams below won't show anything until the committees actually meet.

In Judiciary: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Committees/Media?cmte=jud
✅ HB590 Handgun Permit Holders – Authority to Carry Handguns in State Parks and Forests

❌ HB659 Firearm Safety - Storage Requirements and Youth Suicide Prevention (Jaelynn's Law)

In Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Committees/Media?cmte=ehe
❌ SB329 Election Law - Polling Sites - Firearms Prohibitions

 

[DC-W]

Judiciary committee is running 30 minutes late due to how long House floor debate went.

 

[DC-W]

Also being heard in Ways and Means is HB816, which would exempt the first $500 towards a firearms storage device from sales tax.
https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Committees/Media?cmte=w&m

 

[DC-W]

Here's the YouTube feed for Judiciary. HB590 and HB659 aren't far off.

 

[DC-W]

SB329 is set to be heard next in the Senate as well


Hearing now.

 

[jc1240]

Here's the YouTube feed for Judiciary. HB590 and HB659 aren't far off.

I am still amazed at the stupidity of antis and their very narrow-minded comments and thoughts on these bills. EDIT NOTE: I use teh word "stupidity" because they refuse to think about these things with any logic or open-mindedness. They act and react completely on emotion. Specifically Del. Bart-something (name cut-off) and her fixation on NPS rules/laws that are taken out of context and the panel for the "make your gun useless in your own home" bill.

If they are so concerned about suicide, why don't they address the root causes?
This is not good for my blood pressure.

Additional edit - I would like the thank MFA for making this available live on youtube instead of buried on the state gov site.

 

[DC-W]

Here's the YouTube feed for Judiciary. HB590 and HB659 aren't far off.

We're tearing the bill up now. Get in here!

 

[jc1240]

Y'all did great. Once again, one side was full of emotion, single-focused on ONE thing, and full of inaccuracies while the other was reasoned with facts about how things work, don't work, and the apparent forgetfulness of our politicians about existing law.

I'll leave it to the audience to determine who was who.

 

[DC-W]

Y'all did great. Once again, one side was full of emotion, single-focused on ONE thing, and full of inaccuracies while the other was reasoned with facts about how things work, don't work, and the apparent forgetfulness of our politicians about existing law.

I'll leave it to the audience to determine who was who.