ShallNotInfringe
Lil Firecracker
- Feb 17, 2013
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Three firearms related bills on the agenda in different committee venues as of 3/5:
Senate Education, Health and Environmental Matters Committee 3/11 @ 1pm
SENATE BILL 966
AN ACT concerning Calvert County, Charles County, and St. Mary’s County – Deer Hunting
By: Senators Dyson and Middleton Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2014 Assigned to: Rules
FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish a program in certain counties to train rifle shooters to hunt deer for the purpose of controlling the deer population; requiring the Department to give certain applicants priority to participate in the program; requiring the Department to adopt certain regulations; authorizing a person to hunt deer with a certain shotgun in certain counties during certain months; authorizing an individual who holds a Deer Management Permit in certain counties to hunt with a certain shotgun during deer season in certain locations, and to hunt deer on certain State lands under certain conditions; prohibiting the Department from requiring an individual who holds a Deer Management Permit in certain counties to renew the permit more frequently than at a certain interval; defining a certain term; and generally relating to deer hunting in Calvert County, Charles County, and St. Mary’s County.
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/bills/sb/sb0966f.pdf
Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee 3/11 @ 1 pm
SENATE BILL 974 (cross filed HB659)
Public Safety – Regulated Firearms – Transport Through State
By: Senators Jacobs, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Dyson, Edwards, Getty, Glassman, Hershey, Jennings, Klausmeier, Middleton, Reilly, Simonaire, and Stone
FOR the purpose of specifying that a person who is not a resident of the State and who is not prohibited from possessing a regulated firearm in the person’s state of residence may transport a regulated firearm through the State to another state under certain circumstances; and generally relating to regulated firearms and transport through the State.
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/bills/sb/sb0974f.pdf
House Judiciary Committee 3/11 @ 1 pm
HOUSE BILL 1185
Criminal Law – Crimes Against Property – Right to Defend Property
By: Delegates Parrott, Afzali, Dwyer, Elliott, Glass, Haddaway–Riccio, Hough, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, Otto, Ready, Schulz, Szeliga, and Vitale
FOR the purpose of establishing that an occupant of a dwelling is justified in using any degree of physical force, including deadly physical force, against another person when the other person has made an unlawful entry into the dwelling, and when the occupant has a reasonable belief that the other person has committed a crime in the dwelling in addition to the unlawful entry, or is committing or intends to commit a crime against a person or property in addition to the unlawful entry, and when the occupant reasonably believes that the other person might use physical force, no matter how slight, against an occupant; providing that an occupant of a dwelling using physical force, including deadly physical force, in accordance with the provisions of this Act shall be immune from criminal prosecution for the use of force; providing for a certain exception to the provisions of this Act; and generally relating to the defense of self–defense.
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/bills/hb/hb1185f.pdf
Senate Education, Health and Environmental Matters Committee 3/11 @ 1pm
SENATE BILL 966
AN ACT concerning Calvert County, Charles County, and St. Mary’s County – Deer Hunting
By: Senators Dyson and Middleton Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2014 Assigned to: Rules
FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish a program in certain counties to train rifle shooters to hunt deer for the purpose of controlling the deer population; requiring the Department to give certain applicants priority to participate in the program; requiring the Department to adopt certain regulations; authorizing a person to hunt deer with a certain shotgun in certain counties during certain months; authorizing an individual who holds a Deer Management Permit in certain counties to hunt with a certain shotgun during deer season in certain locations, and to hunt deer on certain State lands under certain conditions; prohibiting the Department from requiring an individual who holds a Deer Management Permit in certain counties to renew the permit more frequently than at a certain interval; defining a certain term; and generally relating to deer hunting in Calvert County, Charles County, and St. Mary’s County.
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/bills/sb/sb0966f.pdf
Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee 3/11 @ 1 pm
SENATE BILL 974 (cross filed HB659)
Public Safety – Regulated Firearms – Transport Through State
By: Senators Jacobs, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Dyson, Edwards, Getty, Glassman, Hershey, Jennings, Klausmeier, Middleton, Reilly, Simonaire, and Stone
FOR the purpose of specifying that a person who is not a resident of the State and who is not prohibited from possessing a regulated firearm in the person’s state of residence may transport a regulated firearm through the State to another state under certain circumstances; and generally relating to regulated firearms and transport through the State.
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/bills/sb/sb0974f.pdf
House Judiciary Committee 3/11 @ 1 pm
HOUSE BILL 1185
Criminal Law – Crimes Against Property – Right to Defend Property
By: Delegates Parrott, Afzali, Dwyer, Elliott, Glass, Haddaway–Riccio, Hough, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, Otto, Ready, Schulz, Szeliga, and Vitale
FOR the purpose of establishing that an occupant of a dwelling is justified in using any degree of physical force, including deadly physical force, against another person when the other person has made an unlawful entry into the dwelling, and when the occupant has a reasonable belief that the other person has committed a crime in the dwelling in addition to the unlawful entry, or is committing or intends to commit a crime against a person or property in addition to the unlawful entry, and when the occupant reasonably believes that the other person might use physical force, no matter how slight, against an occupant; providing that an occupant of a dwelling using physical force, including deadly physical force, in accordance with the provisions of this Act shall be immune from criminal prosecution for the use of force; providing for a certain exception to the provisions of this Act; and generally relating to the defense of self–defense.
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/bills/hb/hb1185f.pdf
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