Baltimore County Police Chief James Johnson continued his crusade against civilians owning assault weapons during a Thursday appearance on WYPR's Midday with Dan Rodricks.
The police chief said opponents of assault weapon bans frequently cite home invasions as a reason to possess them, but pointed out that there is no "serious chronic problem with home invasions" in Baltimore County.
"An assault weapon is an excessive weapon for the public," Johnson told Midday listeners.
Johnson further noted that home invasions are commonly connected to drug-related incidents.
"You see it from time to time," he said.
Johnson caught the national spotlight Wednesday when he appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a hearing on gun violence. Conservative bloggers were put off when the chief, who started in his role in 2007, called National Rifle Association executive Wayne LaPierre's comments on tyranny "creepy."
"It was very clear that there was division in the room," he said on WYPR.
The full interview will be available on WYPR's website at a later time.
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To clarify some issues first off. "Assault Weapon" is a term that was established by legislators to classify characteristics of some guns. The ability of semi-automatic firing is the common feature. Other characteristics have to deal with detachable magazines and hardware mounted to the weapon (Telescoping stock, Pistol grip, Bayonet lug). Assault rifles define a specific set of characteristics with weapon performance. All assault weapons have the ability to select the type of fire sequence, i.e. Single fire, burst or full automatic. They also are magazine fed. Those people that understand guns know the classification is vague and does little to address leathality of a weapon. As an example, you can take a Remington 1100 semi-automatic shotgun that is commonly used for hunting small game and bird hunting that is not classified an "assault weapon". Install a telescoping stock with a pistol grip and it is now an "assault weapon" per the assault weapon ban. In doing this modification you have done nothing to increase the leathality of the gun. This type of modification is commonly done for hunters with physical disabilities. To put some perspective on this in a comparison, Maryland recently passed laws specifically against Pit Bulls. People came out of the woodwork about how unfair it was to single out one bread as inherently vicious or dangerous. Rants like " Its bad dog owners not the bread."
Its not the guns u idiots,,,,its the person behind the trigger.With ''our'' government restricting more and more of our god given rights as humanbeings,,its only a matter of time for a needed revolution to protect our rights that are being taken away ever day by unethical rich people literally buying our governments congrees,senate,f.d.a.,e.p.a.,,,u name it,,it is now bought and pay'd for by the rich.This is y,humanity,ethical,moral,mercy,and money for a mental health is no-longer available to 99% of the population..Of course they want to take our guns away,so we have nothing to defend ourselves against our own corrupt government,thats the truth,like it or not.Last time I checked we are NOT,RUSSIA,..Anyone from Maryland,Virginia,Washington D.c.,,are ALL corrupt,they do our governments unethical bidding,y?because Washington D.c. employs all this people in those surrounding states,anyone from those states OUR LIERS!!!THERE LIERS,,,THERE STATICS ARE FRAUDULENT,IE JAMES JOHNSON LIES!!!!,paita
You make the case for tighter regulation than anyone has proposed. Way to go. Rail on that you fanatics.
I recently got in to a debate with Clarence Mitchell IV on his WBAL radio show about why people need or should own these Military type weapons. Those that defend the 2nd Amendment point out the initial concern for citizens to be able to defend against a tyrannical government. C4 (as Mr. Mitchel goes by) made the argument that a citizen armed with an AR-15 would not stand a chance against an Apache Helicopter. To this I would agree however, I believe there would be a build up to the level of tyranny way before a President would order its military to fire on its citizens. Given that individual citizens that own weapons could form a militia to speak out against the tyranny and have firepower to back it. If you think this is far fetched consider what we experience here in Maryland with the single party government we have. We are the highest taxed state in several areas and they keep taking more and think nothing about spending more.
1:30 pm on Sunday, February 3, 2013 Chief Johnson is a stooge for the democrats, he looked like an idiot with this fancy halloween storm trooper costume, festooned with stars like some kind of a mexican general, his facial expressions and demeanor were absurd, he is an embarrasment and only in MD, say VT maybe Mass, would he make it as a police chief..... a total disgrace
Lorna has addressed, (quite eloquently I might add), all of the issue that you just brought up.... Regarding your gun statements ...you left out the baa that most sheeple include.
Martin Luther King Jr. High School coach shoots attackers "Police sources tell 7 Action News that a women's basketball coach from Martin Luther King, Jr. Senior High School shot two men who attacked him as he was walking two basketball players to their cars in the school parking lot. Police sources say the coach was walking the two girls to their cars when two men allegedly approached and one pulled out a gun and grabbed him by his chain necklace. The coach then pulled out his gun and shot both of them, according to sources. The man who shot the attackers was 70 years old, according to police. One of the attackers was found dead in the median on Lafayette Boulevard, and the other was taken to a local hospital, according to police sources. We've learned that both of the men had attended the high school, and one had been recently expelled. Police sources say the coach has a Concealed Pistol License and is reportedly a reserve police officer. They say he is fully cooperating with authorities." THIS IS GUN CONTROL! Hitting your targets! If he was in New York with the tyrants there he may have run out of rounds to protect the two young women. http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/man-shot-near-martin-luther-king-jr-high-school-in-detroit
More LIES by FIFA. He could not post "excuses" from me if he tried. Lies lies and the liars that tell them is FIFA.
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2013/02/19/baltimore-county-police-chief-misleads-america-on-assault-weapons-on-the-street-n1513597