ASSOCIATED GUN CLUBS OF BALTIMORE, INC.

2012 Legislative Session Report - February 23, 2012

P.O. BOX 20102  -  TOWSON, MD  21284-0102

410-296-3947  Email:  LVP@ASSOCIATEDGUNCLUBS.ORG 

  
Announcing AGC's Legislative Email System
Greetings!
We are pleased to announce the debut of AGC's Legislative Email System!

This system will enable you to:

  • Send an email message to the entire Maryland General Assembly
  • OR 
  • Send an email message to any or ALL of the Maryland State Senators
  • Send an email message to any or ALL of the Maryland State Delegates
  • Send an email message to any or ALL members of listed Committees
The system will also do the following:
  • Select all members with a single click on the "EMAIL ALL MEMBERS" check box
  • Preview your message before sending an display a listed of legislators who will receive your personal email
  • Receive a confirming copy of your email sent to your personal email address  
With this system you can send individual emails to every member of the committees listed in the same amount of time it takes to send a single email.

Start contacting your legislators today!  Click here to use AGC's Legislative Email System!

For those readers who are new to the Legislative Email Network, blue underlined text contains a hyperlink to additional information. Clicking on the hyperlink text will take you to that information. Please be sure to take these links for "test drive."

John H. Josselyn
Legislative Vice President
ACTION NEEDED:

HOUSE & SENATE "GUN BILL" ACTION PLAN

                               

HOUSE BILLS - "Gun Bill Day"

 

HB 45       Handgun Permits - Qualifications - Presumption and Burden of Proof

SUPPORT

Repealing the requirement that the Secretary of State Police base a finding that an applicant for a handgun permit has a good and substantial reason to wear, carry, or transport a handgun on an investigation; establishing a presumption that an applicant for a handgun permit has a good and substantial reason to wear, carry, or transport a handgun for the purposes of qualifying for a handgun permit; and establishing that the Secretary has the burden of specified proof.

  

HB 256     Regulated Firearms - License Issued by Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, or West Virginia - Reciprocity

SUPPORT

Specifying that a license to carry a regulated firearm, including a concealed regulated firearm, issued to an individual by Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, or West Virginia is valid in Maryland.

 

HB 430     Public Safety - Handgun Permits - Repeal of Finding Requirement

(Better Maryland - Right of Self Defense)

SUPPORT

Repealing the requirement that the Secretary of State Police find that a person has a good and substantial reason to wear, carry, or transport a handgun before issuing a handgun permit to the person.

 

HB 488     Public Safety - Handgun Permits - Repeal of Finding Requirements

SUPPORT

Repealing the requirement that the Secretary of State Police find that a person has a good and substantial reason to wear, carry, or transport a handgun before issuing a handgun permit to the person.

 

HB 739     Bow Hunting - Possession of Handguns for Protection

SUPPORT

Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from restricting licensed bow hunters who are at least 21 years old from carrying a handgun for personal protection.

 

HB 1135   Public Safety - Handgun Permits - Qualifications

SUPPORT

Prohibiting the Secretary of State Police from issuing a handgun permit to a person who the Secretary finds is prohibited from possessing a regulated firearm, is an illegal alien, has been discharged from the armed forces of the United States under dishonorable conditions, has a pending charge for a felony or a misdemeanor for which a sentence of imprisonment for more than 1 year may be imposed, or has not completed a firearms safety training course unless a specified ground for exemption applies; etc.

 

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HB 618     Task Force to Study Access of Individuals with Mental Illness to Regulated Firearms 

OPPOSE

Establishing a Task Force to Study Access of Individuals with Mental Illness to Regulated Firearms; providing for the membership, staffing, and duties of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2012, on legislative options for limiting the access to regulated firearms of individuals with a history of mental illness; and expanding the access of law enforcement officers to specified mental health records.  

 

HB 1100   Public Safety - Restrictions on Possession of Firearms - Convicted Felons and People With Mental Disorders

OPPOSE

Prohibiting a person from possessing a firearm if the person has been convicted of a felony or, under specified circumstances, suffers from a mental disorder or has been confined to a specified facility for a specified period of time; establishing a penalty for a violation of the Act; prohibiting a court from suspending any part of a specified mandatory minimum sentence; etc.

 

HB 1114   Dangerous Convicted Offenders Firearm Ban

OPPOSE

Expanding the prohibition against the possession of a regulated firearm by specified persons to include the possession of any firearm; and expanding the prohibition against the sale of a regulated firearm to specified persons to include the sale of any firearm.

 

 

SENATE BILLS - "Gun Bill Day"  - Thursday, February 23, 2012

SB 512      Regulated Firearms - Database - Applications for Dealer's License - Record     Keeping and Reporting Requirements OPPOSE
Authorizing the Department of State Police to make specified information available to aid the investigation of those who are armed and prohibited from possessing a firearm; requiring the Secretary of State Police or the Secretary's designee to disapprove an application for a State-regulated firearms dealer's license if the Secretary or designee determines that the applicant intends a specified person to participate or hold a specified interest in the management or operation of the business for which the license is sought; etc.


SB 640      Public Safety - Possession of Firearms - Crimes Committed in Other States
OPPOSE
Prohibiting a person from possessing a regulated firearm, rifle, or shotgun if the person was previously convicted of an offense under the laws of another state or the United States that would constitute a crime of violence or a violation of specified provisions of law if committed in this State.


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Note: These documents are constantly being updated to reflect the latest information.
Quick Links for 2012 Session Gun Bills & Related Information

Note: The information contained on these links is constantly being updated. Check back often for updates.  

Bill Hearing Schedules and Information on Bills to Support or Oppose   UPDATED!

This link contains the following information:
  • List of gun bills to date with bill numbers and bill titles
  • AGC's position in support of, or in opposition, to the various bills
  • Synopsis of the bills 
  • Hyperlinks to information on the bills and bill status 
  • Hyperlinks to the actual text of the bills 
  • Hyperlinks to the committee information with committee contact numbers and hyperlink email addresses  
Action Alerts   (latest information and guidance on bills and issues requiring our immediate action)

Situation Report: Annapolis   (a continually updated chronology of the latest news and events in Annapolis arranged from the most recent to the oldest)

House Judiciary Committee    (phone numbers and email address hyperlinks)

Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee  (phone numbers and email hyperlinks)

Information on Gun Rights Ratings & Contact Information for the Maryland General Assembly

Civic Action Email System (a very easy way to contact your legislators via email)

Gun Legislation    (gun legislation and weapons legislation tend to overlap to a large extent)

Weapons Legislation   (gun legislation and weapons legislation tend to overlap to a large extent)

Hunting Legislation

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