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Del. Kipke slams bill that would require backgroun...
By Bryan Renbaum | January 29, 2020 | General Assembly | 0 |
Gun-control activists urge passage of background-checks bill
by Bryan Renbaum | January 30, 2020 | General Assembly | 3 |
Danielle Veith, a volunteer with the Maryland chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, pushed back against opponents’ claims that the legislation would restrict the activities of responsible gun owners. “Extremists arguing against this common-sense legislation would like us to believe that private gun sales are always between responsible gun owners and a neighbor or a friend they know well. If that were true, we wouldn’t be here asking legislators to close this dangerous loophole,” she said.”
Read MoreDel. Kipke slams bill that would require background checks for secondary gun transfers
by Bryan Renbaum | January 29, 2020 | General Assembly | 0 |
House Minority Leader Nic Kipke, R-Anne Arundel, said legislation that would require background checks for secondary transfers of “long guns” such as rifles and shotguns would do little to reduce violent crime in Maryland. The bill “doesn’t work. It’s been tried in different places around the country,” he said at a news conference at the State House on Wednesday. Kipke instead urged Democrats to get behind a series of GOP-sponsored crime reduction proposals.
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