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Wal-Mart's continuing problems
On 3/1/13 2:41 PM, J Herring wrote:
On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:06:22 -0500, wrote:
On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:21:36 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:
It's pretty decent legislation, but we'll have to see if it clears the
Maryland house. I don't see anything in it that would cause "panic
buying" of ammunition in this report from yesterday's WashPost. A
significant majority of Marylanders support the legislation.
Ambitious bill on gun control in Md. advances
By Aaron C. Davis, Published: February 28
Maryland Senate Democrats passed sweeping gun-control legislation
Thursday that would make the Free State the first in nearly 20 years to
require residents to submit to fingerprinting, training and background
checks to obtain a license to buy a firearm.
Is this going to be retroactive?
Probably not. Probably won't reduce the homicides in the state either. But, it'll make a few
liberals think the Democrats are really out to protect the population. Since August, 1982, 20
assault weapons were used in mass (4 or more fatalities) shootings. That's it folks, 20 assault
weapons used in 30 years. The mass shootings in the country during that time accounted for about 525
fatalities. That's just about what Chicago had in 2012, and Chicago doesn't even make the top 10 of
America's deadliest cities! (And now that Washington DC has relaxed it's gun laws, it doesn'tmake
the cut either. The new Maryland law should make a *huge* difference. We'll see how it reduces the
homicides in Prince Georges County.
Perhaps you'll have a flat tire in PG County while towing your boat or
trailer down to the Navy rec center at the Pax and you'll give a snotty,
racist answer to a PG County Mountie who stops by to help.
Hope so.
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