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In reply to the discussion: Changes to gun laws [View all]Glaug-Eldare
(1,089 posts)32. Maryland needs a lot of work
Ditch the unfunded "fired shell" requirement for new handgun
Ditch the "Approved Handgun Roster" (designed to prevent blacks from being able to afford guns)
Switch to NICS for handgun sales, instead of waiting two weeks for the incompetent MSP to do their check
Ditch the discriminatory handgun permit system and go to real shall-issue with reasonable fees
Codify our limited duty-to-retreat instead of leaving it as a jury instruction
Ditch the 20rd magazine capacity restriction
Strengthen state preemption of gun laws, so there isn't a maze of pre-'85 laws
Ditch the bore lock requirement for new handgun purchases
Ditch the entire "regulated firearms" category and treat handgun sales the same way as rifle sales
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"...there is no way to trace handguns except ones that are newly purchased or from a gun dealer."
PavePusher
Apr 2012
#8
A person can build their own car, truck, airplane, motorcycle, tractor or lawnmower.
Remmah2
Apr 2012
#29
Applys to MA and a couple other states - get rid of the ridiculous approved firearms roster.
geckosfeet
Apr 2012
#4
And that's the problem. No-one's Constitutional Rights should be held at the whim of anyone.....
PavePusher
Apr 2012
#65
First we should lose the idea that you have an unlimited right to carry a loaded weapon where ever
upaloopa
Apr 2012
#12
I have decided not to engage in meaningless banter back and forth with the gun lobby here.
upaloopa
Apr 2012
#16
So you identify with George Zimmerman and those two Deliverance types who pulled assault weapons
upaloopa
Apr 2012
#21
Probably some lucky guys get picked up in bars by beautiful women and taken home.
upaloopa
Apr 2012
#33
Repeal of the '86 ban on new manufacture of full auto weapons for civilians.
Johnny Rico
Apr 2012
#37