State Del. Pat McDonough wants to stop newspapers from publishing information about gun owners.
City Paper reports a bill on the subject is one of three that McDonough plans to introduce in the General Assembly session that starts in January.
McDonough, a Middle River Republican who represents parts of Baltimore and Harford counties, told City Paper that the gun owner bill was brought on by current events.
In New York, following the Dec. 14 school shooting in Newtown, CT, The Journal News published an online map of pistol permit holders in three counties.
The map was compiled using public record requests. A blogger retaliated by posting the addresses of Journal News staffers, as CNN reported. One blogger even published the address of the CEO of the paper's owner, Gannett, as Poynter reports.
"This is really a response to the paper in New York which claimed what they were doing was for the public good, but what it really is is a massive editorial taking up two pages of the newspaper reflecting their position of the newspaper," McDonough told City Paper. "It’s really dishonest to not say it is an editorial."
City Paper asked McDonough if he believed it was the "role of the state" to limit what a paper can publish. McDonough told the paper, “You know yourself that there are regulations on the First Amendment. You know there are laws against scandal [sic] or things that are harmful.”
McDonough acknowledged to City Paper that his bills stand little chance of passing in the General Assembly, where both the House of Delegates and State Senate are controlled by Democrats.
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Many indoor public firearm ranges in Maryland now have waivers you fill out confirming you are not a prohibited person from firearm possession. That goes for pretty much every state as well.
If not, to publish a list of all "Gun Owners" How will this information be obtained? ATF/Federal Form 4473 is used in Maryland for all firearms, however; "Regulated" (per State Police) firearms (again, only a Maryland thing) consist of a handful of rifles, and all handguns that have extra special paperwork and processes added to them. Records could be obtained from State Police on all the "Regulated" Firearm transfers (Note: I said transfers, not registered) and published, but what about people who don't own handguns? Will someone be scouring every gun shop in Maryland to audit and record the addresses of every non regulated Long gun purchased? It seems to me this "list" will never be thoroughly accurate as the "feel good" as this news article makes it out to be.
Just saying" Francis, my point was that if we are going to make lists of people/places/things that pose a danger to children, it makes as much sense to list homes where children could have access to guns as it does to list the names of everyone convicted of a sex offense, no matter how minor, how long ago and whether or not it involved a child. Not all sex offenders are "criminals of the worst sort", anymore than all gun owners are irresponsible yahoos. Are SOME offenders child molesters? Yes. Are SOME gun owners irresponsible? Do SOME children get injured/killed by unsecured weapons? Sadly, yes. Instead of worrying about whether the guy down the street had sex with his girlfriend when he was 19 and she was 15 (or worse, had a topless photo she sent him in his possession), I would think concerned parents would want to know in which homes curious children might encounter deadly weapons.
Therein rubs the lie. Continental is the only place I have heard of that voluntarily coughs up the list of shooters to the local Gestapo. That's Communist.
Regulated firearms (All handguns/some long guns) are transferred. You can say it's the same thing, but according to paperwork and processes; it is not. You buy a handgun from an FFL in the state of Maryland, you sign paperwork for the transfer of that firearm to you.
I'm not sure where you "heard" Continental shares information, but to me it's no different than a prohibited person being denied the right to purchase a firearm legally, it's the same principle; prohibited persons cannot be in lawful and legal possession of a firearm which includes range time at Continental Arms. It's their business, they can do what they want. I would suggest you take a visit to "Freestate Gun Range" in White Marsh, Horst and McCann in Hickory to find out that you need to supply the same amount of information to use their range. Horst and McCann (perhaps others?) even has a disclaimer about "Prohibited persons" on their website.
In less than 20 years at the going rate, every home owner will need to have a gigantic secure safe on their property to store their shovels, dewalt coordless drills, and saws because they are deadly weapons. LOL The "poontangification" of America never ceases to amaze me, and the going rate of political agendas makes me laugh.
Likewise, if you do not wish to associate with people who don't own firearms, then ask them the same question and take whatever action you want to take based on their answer when it comes to avoiding them. But don't try to tell me that I cannot or should not own firearms and have them in my home. Only people who have been thoroughly been investigated by the Maryland State Police are allowed to buy and own firearms. If you don't wish to associate with me then don't. But when you are in a bind, don't come to me asking for help or expect me to protect you.
But, you are still The Man since you have been thoroughly investigated for God-only-knows-what.
http://www.governor.virginia.gov/tempcontent/techPanelReport-docs/10%20CHAPTER%20VI%20GUN%20PURCHASE%20AND%20CAMPUS%20GUN%20POLICIES.pdf From the The Virginian Tech Review Panel's assessment of the school incident.
Majority Say NRA Doesn't Always Reflect Their Views http://www.gallup.com/poll/159578/nra-favorable-image.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines Barack Obama Favorable Rating 49% http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/polls/cbs-16822 U.S. Distrust in Media Hits New High. 60% saying they have little or no trust in the mass media to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly. http://www.gallup.com/poll/157589/distrust-media-hits-new-high.aspx
http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/assault-weapons "Requires that grandfathered weapons be registered under the National Firearms Act, to include: Background check of owner and any transferee; Type and serial number of the firearm; Positive identification, including photograph and fingerprint; Certification from local law enforcement of identity and that possession would not violate State or local law; and Dedicated funding for ATF to implement registration." "In a Department of Justice study (pdf), Jeffrey Roth and Christopher Koper find that the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban was responsible for a 6.7 percent decrease in total gun murders," Really? Where are the causation/correlation people whining about this use of statistics by Feinstein?
Oh, you might also consider, while you are at the website, the role that the U.S. plays in arming the rest of the world. It will take some reading, though, and maybe shedding some of the snottiness beneath your one-liner.
Do you ever do anything with the copious-pastes? How do they influence your thinking? Are they all of the equal weight? Are some much more important than others? What are other people to do with them? Wait for your commentary? Trust your conclusions? Open the links and read? Read youd extensive and laboriously quoted passages? You deal out one-liners as consistently and stubbornly and even more viciously than anybody here.
http://news.yahoo.com/maine-man-74-held-deaths-teenage-tenants-172604651.html
What kind of sickness allows a man? to do such a thing regularly? Steve supported the Occupopers so does that mean these 2 are his heroes? No but then again I am reasonable and not afflicted with such a sickness as Steve is. T"he daughter of a prominent New York doctor went into labor and had to rushed to the hospital when she was arrested on charges of having explosives, illegal weapons and a stack of papers labeled 'The Terrorist Encyclopedia' in her New York City apartment. Morgan Gliedman, 27, and her boyfriend Aaron Greene, 31, an Occupy Wall Street organizer, were taken away from their home in Manhattan's pricey Greenwich Village on Saturday."
I post links to support what I say and think. Then people like you say they are boring and no one reads them. That's fine as it proves to many that facts don't matter in the context of the story. Facts and copious reading is not what you Patch Vultures are here for. Research is ridiculed here by the PV. I believe the PV here have intellects limited to the twitter mentality, 140 characters. Anything more than that and their attention spans are done and on the the next insult. I would think that the PV's who spend 24-7 here and would have enough time to do their own research and copious reading but they are just forming their next targets and slurring commentary. Too bad 1ke you too see research as boring and not worth reading. I guess you want to be added to the PV list.
Then when I post longer quotes form the story, to be alleviated of that prior accusation, then the same PV's accuse me of "copious-pastes". Damn if I do damn if I don't. Don't like reading for your own education then don't. Quite a simple concept.
Take your latest, for example: T"he daughter of a prominent New York doctor went into labor and had to rushed to the hospital when she was arrested on charges of having explosives, illegal weapons and a stack of papers labeled 'The Terrorist Encyclopedia' in her New York City apartment. Morgan Gliedman, 27, and her boyfriend Aaron Greene, 31, an Occupy Wall Street organizer, were taken away from their home in Manhattan's pricey Greenwich Village on Saturday." What is your point? What research? Is it that some bad befell a young woman? Is it that Occupiers are terrorists? Is it that you don't like Steve? What, Joe, what? I think you may need to watch and learn and ask questions instead of jumping on the mean bus. I object to nothing but your viciousness and stubborness.