So someone started a petition against SB281

[OnTarget]

Oh Im not sorry I sign, just to those you feel lawsuit is the better option. Last night Carroll County put itself on the map as far as gun right preservation.

I cant get past waiting for the law to go in to effect. With all the recent rulings for gun rights what has really changed. Our law is ruled un-Contsitutional but still we cant carry. DC's law ruled un-Contsitutional yet being able to purchase a handgun is like winning the lottery.

To me referendum was the best course.

Liking your last sentence.

 

[bdadams84]

Watching these discussions about lawsuit vs. referendum is like watching Clark Griswald navigate London traffic.

Well said. Only so much can be said in support or rejection of each side.

"Look kids it's Big Ben!"

 

[The Watcher]

700 signatures short! Argh!!!

 

[jcass]

When is the law suit expected to make some head way, I was on the fence about the referendum but I to thought it was a good Idea when I heard of it to give people a chance to do something.
So what now? wait and see what NRA gets done in the court room.

 

[swinokur]

The lawsuit cannot be filed until SB281 becomes law, AKA as Oct 1. You can't claim harm from a yet to become effective law.

IANAL but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

 

[zoostation]

I hope I'm wrong but all I can say is good luck in the courts. A Fourth Circuit that upheld a grotesquely unconstitutional and arbitrary "good and substantial" clause, overseen by a Supreme Court that's a good five years away and will likely have one or two conservative retirements by then, if they even agree to hear it.

Like I said I hope I'm wrong, but I see little hope in the court process myself. I think the most you may see is some tweaking in the handgun licensing to make it more accessible to the poor, perhaps.

 

[pcfixer]

I hear this morning on the way to work WBAL that there wasn't enough signitures
to continue the petition. Oh Well

 

[Maverick0313]

On WJZ this morning, they announced there were not enough signatures (the announcers are SO MOM fans); then they had a clip from DeMarco and he said "of course this failed, we know 85% of Marylanders are behind this legislation". I threw up my breakfast and went to work.

 

[Shutterbug]

He also claimed 65% of gun owners support the new law.