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Active Member
I submitted the following to the AACO Delegation;
Anne Arundel County Delegation,
I am writing in response to Senate bill SB 1062 and the House bill HB 0991. I want to discuss the decision to limit weapons magazines to 10 rounds. I believe several points are in order for you to understand why (a) this will not help save lives and (b) will actually make law abiding citizens into law breakers.
As a point of education it is important you know that the Columbine shooters used ONLY 10 round magazines. I would like to take a moment to explain that this is overcome by minimal training that can be done in one’s living room, basement or back yard. Practicing magazine reloads does not require actually firing the weapon. The two Columbine shooters trained.
You should be asking why 10 rounds? How many bullets are needed statistically to stop several bad guys? Is it 10 rounds per bad guy, 10 rounds per every three bad guys? How many rounds per threat and how many threats were used to determine this number? Someone needs to explain the data and information used to come to the determination the magic number is 10 rounds required to defend yourself. Just this past week a man with an AR held off several suspects at night in Houston. The bad guys shot over 40 rounds at the man and he injured three of them. This incident, one of many reinforces the AR is good for home defense and that multiple bullets are/can be needed. Bad things usually happen at night and involve multiple assailants. There is no more sickening feeling than needing a bullet and not having a bullet. Especially, when defending your home and family.
These bills will not sustain constitutional challenge. Amendment 14 of the US Constitution states “…nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” The legislation is removing property from law abiding citizens that have done nothing wrong in an attempt to provide a solution that will not work to a problem still not understood.
In a number of cases dealing with the 14th Amendment, the Court has continued to limit state action claims against private individuals. This WILL meet that standard as there has been no due process. Legislation is NOT due process and this legislation seeks to indict many of that have lawfully owned these products. “Procedural due process” guarantees fairness to all individuals. This fairness might require different elements to the accused, including the opportunity to be heard, given notice, and be given a judicial decision with a stated rationale. As a basic rule, the more important the right, the stricter the procedural process must be. This will meet that stricter definition.
This bill will negatively impact my “liberty” and “right to property”. There is a political desire on the part of some legislators to remove weapons and since they cannot do that they want to go after enablers. The fact that this bill in no way protects anyone materially or substantially makes the case for the 14th Amendment.
The Equal Protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is one of the most litigated sections of the Constitution. As a brief overview, the clause refers to the fact that all citizens of the United States are guaranteed equal protection under the laws of the United States. This bill violates my rights under this clause. The bill assumes that it will positively affect the safety of the majority of people at the expense of the people who own 30 rounds magazines for rifles and 15 round magazines for pistols. In fact this adds no positive benefit and negatively impacts owners of these types of magazines. This negative impact reinforces our injury under the Equal Protection Clause.
A major second order affect that has not been thought about is those who have security clearances. The passing of this bill makes everyone who has a banned item a criminal. This will impact a large segment of those in Maryland who work in the industrial complex with and without clearances. These are the people who are the tax base for this state and especially D32. I am sure they will not be happy that they have been made bad guys and their professions placed in jeopardy for a bill that literally solves nothing.
Can we not have real research into our cultural issues that make a boy want to shoot all of his classmates? The gun did not do that. Could it be we are over medicated, have too much violence in EVERY aspect of our entertainment industry, lack of father figures, on and on? This is a heart problem not a gun problem. Over 99% of gun owners never commit a crime so please do not turn them into criminals and your enemy.
Anne Arundel County Delegation,
I am writing in response to Senate bill SB 1062 and the House bill HB 0991. I want to discuss the decision to limit weapons magazines to 10 rounds. I believe several points are in order for you to understand why (a) this will not help save lives and (b) will actually make law abiding citizens into law breakers.
As a point of education it is important you know that the Columbine shooters used ONLY 10 round magazines. I would like to take a moment to explain that this is overcome by minimal training that can be done in one’s living room, basement or back yard. Practicing magazine reloads does not require actually firing the weapon. The two Columbine shooters trained.
You should be asking why 10 rounds? How many bullets are needed statistically to stop several bad guys? Is it 10 rounds per bad guy, 10 rounds per every three bad guys? How many rounds per threat and how many threats were used to determine this number? Someone needs to explain the data and information used to come to the determination the magic number is 10 rounds required to defend yourself. Just this past week a man with an AR held off several suspects at night in Houston. The bad guys shot over 40 rounds at the man and he injured three of them. This incident, one of many reinforces the AR is good for home defense and that multiple bullets are/can be needed. Bad things usually happen at night and involve multiple assailants. There is no more sickening feeling than needing a bullet and not having a bullet. Especially, when defending your home and family.
These bills will not sustain constitutional challenge. Amendment 14 of the US Constitution states “…nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” The legislation is removing property from law abiding citizens that have done nothing wrong in an attempt to provide a solution that will not work to a problem still not understood.
In a number of cases dealing with the 14th Amendment, the Court has continued to limit state action claims against private individuals. This WILL meet that standard as there has been no due process. Legislation is NOT due process and this legislation seeks to indict many of that have lawfully owned these products. “Procedural due process” guarantees fairness to all individuals. This fairness might require different elements to the accused, including the opportunity to be heard, given notice, and be given a judicial decision with a stated rationale. As a basic rule, the more important the right, the stricter the procedural process must be. This will meet that stricter definition.
This bill will negatively impact my “liberty” and “right to property”. There is a political desire on the part of some legislators to remove weapons and since they cannot do that they want to go after enablers. The fact that this bill in no way protects anyone materially or substantially makes the case for the 14th Amendment.
The Equal Protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is one of the most litigated sections of the Constitution. As a brief overview, the clause refers to the fact that all citizens of the United States are guaranteed equal protection under the laws of the United States. This bill violates my rights under this clause. The bill assumes that it will positively affect the safety of the majority of people at the expense of the people who own 30 rounds magazines for rifles and 15 round magazines for pistols. In fact this adds no positive benefit and negatively impacts owners of these types of magazines. This negative impact reinforces our injury under the Equal Protection Clause.
A major second order affect that has not been thought about is those who have security clearances. The passing of this bill makes everyone who has a banned item a criminal. This will impact a large segment of those in Maryland who work in the industrial complex with and without clearances. These are the people who are the tax base for this state and especially D32. I am sure they will not be happy that they have been made bad guys and their professions placed in jeopardy for a bill that literally solves nothing.
Can we not have real research into our cultural issues that make a boy want to shoot all of his classmates? The gun did not do that. Could it be we are over medicated, have too much violence in EVERY aspect of our entertainment industry, lack of father figures, on and on? This is a heart problem not a gun problem. Over 99% of gun owners never commit a crime so please do not turn them into criminals and your enemy.
