Friday, March 1, 2013

Rally Against Maryland Gun Violence Draws Hundreds As House of Delegates Begins Hearings on Assault Weapons Ban

Earlier this week, Maryland Juice noted that anti-gun violence advocates were scrambling to counter the NRA's scare tactics against state legislators. Though polls show a super-majority of Maryland voters of all stripes support an assault weapons ban and stricter licensing requirements, a handful of mushy Democratic lawmakers have been cowed by the vocal minority of NRA members who support legalized assault weapons.

On the day of State Senate hearings on gun laws last month, the NRA jammed Annapolis with hundreds of gun enthusiasts. Though the Senate ultimately approved O'Malley's gun law package 28-19, seven Democratic Senators joined the GOP in opposition.

To counter the NRA's public display of disapproval with Governor Martin O'Malley's package of gun laws, today opponents of gun violence held a mass rally in Annapolis. Notably, today the House of Delegates is hosting a hearing on the gun laws.


Based on photos posted on Twitter, It looks like a large number of Marylanders showed up. See a few samples below:

ANTI-GUN VIOLENCE RALLY 3/1/13  //  PHOTO BY MATT VERGHESE


 

ANTI-GUN VIOLENCE RALLY 3/1/13  //  PHOTO BY ZOE PAGONIS



ANTI-GUN VIOLENCE RALLY 3/1/13  //  PHOTO BY P. KENNETH BURNS

3 comments:

  1. I was there. It is on record that of the more than 1300 citizens who signed up to testify, less than 50 supported these heinous bills. You need to cite where your facts are coming from, as in what survery shows the majority of MDers support the infringement of the 2nd Amendment? If these bills pass, I suppose we should ban certain books that incite violence, too. Quran, Tom Sawyer, to name just 2.

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  2. Molon labe. you can't have mine

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  3. I was there too. And about 300 people rallied for the bill and over 1,300 were opposed to it. And oh those 1,300 were a lot less rowdy than the 300.

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