Calling it his top priority for the 2013 General Assembly session, Gov. Martin O'Malley Friday said he will introduce a set of proposed gun control laws.
The bills are part of O'Malley's 25-item agenda that was announced Friday morning. The requests include bills on school safety, repeal of the sunset of the state DNA database program, offshore wind, jobs and expansion of early voting as well as making it possible for voters to register on the same day they vote.
But the focus of the news conference was on O'Malley's gun control bills.
"Military assault weapons don't just threaten children and they don't just threaten families," O'Malley said. "They also threaten the men and women, that on our behalf, execute search and seizure warrants. That in the late hours of the night have to go through doors where they don't know what's on the other side and increasingly they're finding when they go through those doors of the murder gangs, and the drug dealers and the gangs that they find assault weapons on the other side of those doors in increasing numbers."
Included in O'Malley's proposals are:
- Reinstate the ban on military-style assault weapons previously banned under a federal law that expired nearly 10 years ago
- Limit the size of ammunition magazines to 10 rounds, down from the current 20 rounds
- Require all gun owners to be licensed
- Improvements to mental health and creation of a center for early intervention strategies and a hotline
- $25 million for improving school safety related to entrance and egress and cameras
- Creation of a Maryland Center for School safety to provide law enforcement advice to schools
"The causes of gun violence are complex and are multifaceted and the actions that we take also have to be multifaceted," O'Malley said.
This story will be updated.
If he sounds even vaguely like Steve, it's because you're in mid-bender. Again.
And yes, I am more liberal than todays "republicans". But I do like clean air, clean water, a person and their doctor making decisions on health care, (not the government... Abortion in particular, I believe it should be legal, available, and a LOT less of them...) I think that large corporations in general do what's good for the corporation, usually putting the public at risk. Exxon Mobil knew that the pipeline that burst in AR, was defective. You would think that for a corporation that's making $125 million a DAY would fix it without having to be forced by the failure. But no, it's about corporate greed. BP was aware of the problems of deep water Horizon, yet did nothing. But they do spend multi millions buying politicians so it doesn't change. And they get tax breaks too. Large corporations always expect workers to do more work, for less pay while profits rise...
Banking? the repeal of Glass Steagall set up large banks to gamble in stocks, housing, and hedge funds, leveraged buyouts, and other schemes. They were crooks and we lost (but they got bailed out and got bonuses...) So yes we need government, But we have to pay for it. We have historically low tax rates on the very wealthy, and are killing the middle class.
The President does't raise taxes on ANYBODY. What happened was the EXPIRATION of the BUSH tax cuts. Nothing more. And as far as the corporate tax rate, while the marginal rate may be high, NOBODY PAYS that. You need to look at the EFFECTIVE tax rate. which is historically low.. Thanks to bought and paid for representation, the tax code is nothing by loopholes, and give backs. While some businesses will cut health care, more than 25 million will be brought into the system. Health care insurers will love the new customers, Lot's more profit.... The insured risk pool will larger. The previously uninsured will not have to use the emergency rooms as primary care, (the most expensive and least effective), and the establishment of exchanges may lower costs of insurance for everyone. What exactly is your problem with it?
She offers nothing except that. She has no ideas. As far as I can tell, she doesn't have a thought. She just moans and derides and says I know better...
On the contrare I do not moan and groan...but what I do do is call you and others on it when I disagree..not with the right to ideas, but the derogatory remarks and miserable insinuations. Calling you honey child is a "put down" in your book..but don't worry ye of like thoughts feel much the same.Perhaps if I really whine and rant and rave in four syllable words you might not be so adverse. From my perspective, LOGIC is a five letter word I really can understand and promote in conversation..positive thought, solutions, recognition and reasoning. Name calling, put downs, anti this and anti that, nanny state, controlling government words that promoting negativity I have little patience with. Sadly I get the distinct message that if one is center or a little right there of, one is immediately labeled old, useless, nutters, looney, sucking the life out of the country, and if you dare respond with polite terms such a honey child and darling, you get another label..condescending.. .absolutely fascinating! And so, my thought process and answers lean more to Promote and be proud of all that we are, work together to fix our problems..or just go sit in a corner and wait it out...but definite don't try to undermine.
Lorna, 15 lines and not one idea, or position. I rest my case.
But, Brit libbies are the worst kind, eh?
When was the last comment that had anything to do with this subject?