A*V
发帖数: 3528 | 1 不管全国性的AWB是否会通过, 马里兰都很可能会通过自己的AWB.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/maryland-gov-om
Maryland Gov. O’Malley to push for tougher gun-control rules
By Aaron C. Davis and John Wagner, Monday, January 14, 12:01 AM
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley will seek to institute some of the nation’s
strictest gun-licensing requirements, ban assault weapons and restrict
visitor access to schools in one of the most expansive government responses
sought to last month’s school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
Perhaps most controversially, O’Malley (D) will ask the General Assembly to
force prospective gun owners to provide fingerprints to state police,
complete a hands-on weapon-familiarization and gun-safety course, and
undergo a background check to be licensed.
And the governor is seeking new measures to keep guns out of the hands of
those with mental illness who show violent tendencies.
The coming gun-control debate in Annapolis, where Democrats reign, will
contrast starkly with the discussion in Washington and the contortions that
will be needed to get any gun-control legislation through a divided Congress.
O’Malley’s plan, which administration officials described Sunday,
positions him among a cadre of Democratic governors, including New York Gov.
Andrew M. Cuomo, seeking aggressive gun-control legislation in state
capitals. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to provide the
details, which have not been previously disclosed.
Regionally, O’Malley’s efforts are likely to further widen a cultural
divide on gun control between Maryland and Virginia, where Gov. Robert F.
McDonnell (R) has been an outspoken critic of President Obama’s call for
stricter gun control after Newtown.
Responding to O’Malley’s emerging plan Sunday, Maryland Republicans said
the gun-control measures appeared ill-suited to prevent another Newtown and
seemed more tailored to the governor’s political goals.
“This looks like crass opportunism from politicians who want gun control,”
said House Minority Leader Anthony J. O’Donnell (R-Calvert), who would
need to peel off support from several Democrats to derail O’Malley’s plans.
“The reality is Martin O’Malley is trying to get to the left of Cuomo in
New York because he wants to run for president in 2016,” O’Donnell said.
O’Malley plans to announce the gun package this week, when he formally
introduces the rest of his legislative package for the 90-day session, aides
said. He will offer a preview of his gun measures, they said, on Monday,
when he introduces New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (I) at a summit in
Baltimore on reducing gun violence.
‘Too much killing’
O’Malley, who first made his name in politics as a tough-on-crime Baltimore
mayor, signaled his intent to develop a gun-
control package just days after the Newtown shootings, telling reporters, “
I think we have too many guns, and I think we have too much killing.”
“You look at some of these guns, and it’s just hard to conclude that these
guns should be in the hands of anyone who isn’t a soldier on a battlefield
or a law enforcement officer sent into a tactical situation,” O’Malley
said at the mid-December news conference, which took place shortly after he
pulled several Cabinet officials together to start looking at a response.
Administration officials said O’Malley had considered extending the
licensing requirement to the state’s hundreds of thousands of current gun
owners. But he backed off of that controversial measure, which would have
faced strong opposition from even some Democrats.
Many of the proposals to be put forward by O’Malley parallel initiatives
that Congress will debate in coming weeks, and O’Malley has acknowledged
that an assault-weapons ban, like the federal one that expired in 2004,
remains a measure that would be “a lot more effective on the national level
.” There are 46,719 assault weapons registered in Maryland, according to
state police.
Like New York and other Democratic-controlled states considering the most
aggressive reforms, Maryland is already quite restrictive. It requires that
all private transfers of guns be handled through a licensed dealer, requires
purchasers to watch a safety video and limits purchases of guns to one per
30-day period. Maryland’s laws last year received a grade of a B from the
California-based Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, and the Brady Campaign
to Prevent Gun Violence gives the state a score of 45 out of 100. Virginia
scores 12.
Maryland is not among the six states that ban assault weapons, although it
has outlawed some semiautomatic pistols.
The state is among six, plus the District, that limit the sale of high-
capacity magazines. Of those, however, Maryland is the least stringent,
defining large capacity as those holding in excess of 20 rounds. O’Malley’
s plan would halve to 10 the number of rounds that magazines would be
allowed to hold in Maryland. A poll released Sunday showed that he will
start efforts to sway the legislature on his gun-control package with broad
public support for that measure, as well as for restricting the sale of
assault weapons.
O’Malley’s plan includes a blanket ban on all assault weapons, and aides
said it would focus particularly on features that enhance a weapon’s
lethality.
A bigger say for the state
More broadly, however, O’Malley’s plan would give Maryland a far greater
say in all future gun sales, limiting purchases to those who qualify for a
license, which aides said would be issued by the Maryland State Police.
The governor’s plan would, for the first time, require almost all
prospective gun owners in the state to submit to digital fingerprinting.
Buyers seeking hunting rifles and shotguns would be exempt from the
licensing requirement. Currently, only those seeking a permit to carry a
concealed weapon must submit to fingerprinting.
To purchase handguns and other types of firearms, however, a buyer who is
deemed eligible for a license would subsequently still have to complete all
existing steps to obtain a gun permit, including submitting to a second
background check at the time of purchase and abiding by a seven-day waiting
period before receiving the weapon.
Vincent DeMarco, a Maryland-based public-health advocate and gun-control
activist, said the sort of licensing system that O’Malley is proposing can
significantly curb “straw purchases” — the buying of a gun for someone
who is prohibited by law from possessing one. DeMarco said a straw purchaser
would be unlikely to risk going to a state police barracks and submitting
to a fingerprinting no matter the money that could be made off facilitating
the transaction.
Straw purchases remain a particular problem in Prince George’s County and
in Baltimore, Maryland law enforcement officials say.
“It really is the most effective tool a state can use to reduce gun deaths,
” DeMarco said. “I’m thrilled Governor O’Malley is proposing this. Straw
purchases is the way criminals get guns.”
O’Malley’s plan also addresses access to guns by those under mental health
treatment. His plan would give police new authority to take guns away from
state residents ruled mentally incompetent — whether for psychiatric
disorders or for old age.
Authorities would also be able to ban guns from psychiatric patients subject
to civil commitment if they are deemed a danger to themselves or others.
Mental health issues
The O’Malley administration’s effort embraces some of the recommendations
made this month by a task force on guns and the mentally ill that was
appointed by the state government.
But the governor’s emerging package departs from one of the central
recommendations made by the task force.
The group had called for new mandatory reporting requirements for
psychologists and a host of other professionals, including social workers,
addiction treatment counselors, educators and probation agents. Someone who
threatens “serious violence” toward a particular person or threatens to
commit suicide would have to be reported to local law enforcement officials,
according to the task force recommendations.
The O’Malley effort takes a different approach. It broadens the categories
of people prohibited from possessing firearms beyond the current standards,
which include that a person suffers from a mental disorder and has a history
of violent behavior or that a person has been confined for more than 30
consecutive days in a facility that treats mental disorders.
The administration is calling for two additional categories: people under
guardianship who can’t care for themselves or manage their affairs and
those who have been civilly committed, if a judge finds evidence that they
are a danger.
The state would also establish a 24-hour hotline for people to report a
family member or friend who they think is suffering a sudden mental decline
in late adolescence.
O’Malley’s plan steers clear of calls from the National Rifle Association
and some leading Republicans in Congress to put armed guards in schools.
Instead, he proposes spending $25 million in the coming year to begin
to tighten physical security at the state’s public schools, including using
uniform video surveillance, automatically locking doors, and using
shatterproof glass and buzzer entrance systems.
Kate Havard and Michael Laris contributed to this report. | g*********6
发帖数: 1429 | | A*V
发帖数: 3528 | 3 是想啊, 先得找到VA的工作, 不然太不方便了.
【在 g*********6 的大作中提到】
: 赶快搬到VA来吧。
| g*********6
发帖数: 1429 | | l******8
发帖数: 9475 | 5 看看国会里哪些人在乱喊?
MD是什么人的聚集地， 不禁才怪呢。 | w*****o
发帖数: 1806 | 6 灰猫老大也在VA？啥时候组织点实弹活动吧！
【在 g*********6 的大作中提到】
: 偏偏MD的靶场比VA这边多而且好。
| w*****o
发帖数: 1806 | 7 这么操蛋啊...
不过真是不好说， 昨天我跟那个兵阿哥聊起打算进支AK，但是现在价格太crazy，那哥
们说估计几周之后你就什么也买不了了。 不过他看不上AK，跟我说直接省了吧。
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【在 A*V 的大作中提到】
: 不管全国性的AWB是否会通过, 马里兰都很可能会通过自己的AWB.
: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/maryland-gov-om
: Maryland Gov. O’Malley to push for tougher gun-control rules
: By Aaron C. Davis and John Wagner, Monday, January 14, 12:01 AM
: Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley will seek to institute some of the nation’s
: strictest gun-licensing requirements, ban assault weapons and restrict
: visitor access to schools in one of the most expansive government responses
: sought to last month’s school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
: Perhaps most controversially, O’Malley (D) will ask the General Assembly to
: force prospective gun owners to provide fingerprints to state police,
| E********t
发帖数: 2447 | 8 擦，居然敢鄙视古今第一rifle AK？所有的兵器排名包括美国的AK都是No 1
【在 w*****o 的大作中提到】
: 这么操蛋啊...
: 不过真是不好说， 昨天我跟那个兵阿哥聊起打算进支AK，但是现在价格太crazy，那哥
: 们说估计几周之后你就什么也买不了了。 不过他看不上AK，跟我说直接省了吧。
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| h*********2
发帖数: 2508 | 9 AR买不到，AK不推荐，这兵阿哥没提出建设性意见啊
【在 w*****o 的大作中提到】
: 这么操蛋啊...
: 不过真是不好说， 昨天我跟那个兵阿哥聊起打算进支AK，但是现在价格太crazy，那哥
: 们说估计几周之后你就什么也买不了了。 不过他看不上AK，跟我说直接省了吧。
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| w*****o
发帖数: 1806 | 10 well， 伊拉克是苏式武器系统吧？1对30哦。
他原话是，I'll pick a brand name AR over AK at anytime. If a really high end
AK VS a junk build AR, then I might take the AK.
我说那个美军扔了AR捡AK的事情，丫说那是扯淡...:(
【在 E********t 的大作中提到】
: 擦，居然敢鄙视古今第一rifle AK？所有的兵器排名包括美国的AK都是No 1
| | | w*****o
发帖数: 1806 | 11 AR AK都是买不到阿。
人的意见是甭管多贵，赶紧买吧。很有建设性拉。:)
【在 h*********2 的大作中提到】
: AR买不到，AK不推荐，这兵阿哥没提出建设性意见啊
| X***R
发帖数: 2410 | 12 看来痢剥肉觉得立即在全美国范围推广无效,
马上采取 腥腥之火,可以燎原的战术了
然后如同病毒,逐步向全身机体组织扩散
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【在 A*V 的大作中提到】
: 不管全国性的AWB是否会通过, 马里兰都很可能会通过自己的AWB.
: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/maryland-gov-om
: Maryland Gov. O’Malley to push for tougher gun-control rules
: By Aaron C. Davis and John Wagner, Monday, January 14, 12:01 AM
: Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley will seek to institute some of the nation’s
: strictest gun-licensing requirements, ban assault weapons and restrict
: visitor access to schools in one of the most expansive government responses
: sought to last month’s school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
: Perhaps most controversially, O’Malley (D) will ask the General Assembly to
: force prospective gun owners to provide fingerprints to state police,
| M***H
发帖数: 398 | 13 O’Malley 下一步想選總統
趁此時爭取機會上全國新聞版面
倒楣的是我們馬州合法槍民
我搬進這反槍賊窩後才開始玩槍
早知道的話 就住到波多馬克河以南了 | N*********r
发帖数: 1190 | 14 嘿嘿，住在Virginia, 少一些担惊受怕咯
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【在 A*V 的大作中提到】
: 不管全国性的AWB是否会通过, 马里兰都很可能会通过自己的AWB.
: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/maryland-gov-om
: Maryland Gov. O’Malley to push for tougher gun-control rules
: By Aaron C. Davis and John Wagner, Monday, January 14, 12:01 AM
: Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley will seek to institute some of the nation’s
: strictest gun-licensing requirements, ban assault weapons and restrict
: visitor access to schools in one of the most expansive government responses
: sought to last month’s school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
: Perhaps most controversially, O’Malley (D) will ask the General Assembly to
: force prospective gun owners to provide fingerprints to state police,
| h*********2
发帖数: 2508 | 15 我一邻居说要是VA也妥协了，立马搬到德州去
我说要是德州也不gun friendly了，你搬到墨西哥去？他说不敢，墨西哥大伙都是全自动
【在 N*********r 的大作中提到】
: 嘿嘿，住在Virginia, 少一些担惊受怕咯
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| d*****g
发帖数: 243 | 16 New York周一晚上11点已经通过了。一夜之间变felon，情何以堪 |
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