quote:

Originally posted by flwino:

quote:

Interestingly, there is a specific provision permitting Marylanders to buy guns from out of state, through dealers here, having them shipped here.
(But you can't freely do that with wine!)

Now that is stupid!!! Guess the gun distributors don't suffer a financial loss as do wine distributors

quote:

There are tons of cases where licensed folks killed someone by accident.

quote:

Originally posted by Rothko:
It's going to be very interesting to see what happens when the Supreme Court hears the Parker v. DC case on March 18th.

For those who are not aware, the District of Columbia had passed a very restrictive law which prohibited the ownership of handguns.

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit struck down the law in a 2-1 vote, as violating the 2nd Amendment. The Supreme Court granted review.

This may be a very decisive case on the issue of the 2nd Amendment. I've read some of the amicus briefs in the case.

Of course, the Supreme Court might punt on a very technical matter. Since the law arises out of the District of Columbia, and not out of a "State", one could argue that the 2nd Amendment doesn't apply to the District of Columbia, since the 14th Amendment only applies the Bill of Rights to "States" (and DC isn't a state). Wouldn't that be an interesting result?

quote:

Originally posted by MiamiAtty:
Well, it takes a "shot" at being funny, but I still never understood that logic. When's the last time someone was killed by a spoon??

quote:

Originally posted by irwin:
I see nothing (on a quick glance) prohibiting the sale of a weapon, after the investigation into the purchaser and our 30 day waiting period, that would restrict our law to instate purchases.