This is my first Topic Post!!!
Got this via e-mail thought it would be good to post here. Call write and pass this on.Last week was great news, we have more good self-defense bills and better self-defense bills than ever - and the best ones are cross-filed in both the House and Senate. We have more sponsors and our opposition has fewer sponsors. We have a Governor who will sign these bills if they are passed. That's really good news.
However, here's the reality check -- we have a roadblock.
None of our good bills can pass if they don't get through the House Judiciary Committee.
( http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/com/05jud.html )
We have 9 of the 12 votes we need to get a bill passed by the Judiciary - we need at least 3 more.
There are 9 Delegates on the Judiciary who are not rabidly anti-gun, but haven't cosponsored our self-defense bills. It may be possible to persuade them with enough calls and letters. There are 9 possible yes votes -- we only need 3 more.
Please write, call and/or email the Judiciary Committee members listed below and ask them to act on these bills:
support House Bills
12 (Repeal Ballistic Fingerprinting),
14 (Repeal Integral lock requirement),
529 (MD Constitutional Amendment - Declaration of Right to Keep and Bear Arms),
1163 (Maryland Shall Issue CCW),
1382 (CCW Reciprocity with other states),
and to
oppose HB1367 (the Assault Weapon Ban bill).
CURTIS STOVALL (CURT) ANDERSON
Democrat, District 43, Baltimore City
Lowe House Office Building, Room 314
84 College Ave.
Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1991
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3291 (toll free)
e-mail:
[email protected] ANTHONY G. BROWN
Democrat, District 25, Prince George's County
Lowe House Office Building, Room 151
84 College Ave.
Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1991
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3707 (toll free)
e-mail:
[email protected] JILL P. CARTER
Democrat, District 41, Baltimore City
Lowe House Office Building, Room 317
84 College Ave.
Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1991
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3283 (toll free)
e-mail:
[email protected] KATHLEEN M. DUMAIS
Democrat, District 15, Montgomery County
Lowe House Office Building, Room 226
84 College Ave.
Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1991
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3052 (toll free)
e-mail:
[email protected] DARRYL A. KELLEY
Democrat, District 26, Prince George's County
Lowe House Office Building, Room 205
84 College Ave.
Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1991
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3212 (toll free)
e-mail:
[email protected] CAROL STOKER PETZOLD
Democrat, District 19, Montgomery County
Lowe House Office Building, Room 222
84 College Ave.
Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1991
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3001 (toll free)
e-mail:
[email protected] LUIZ R. S. SIMMONS
Democrat, District 17, Montgomery County
Lowe House Office Building, Room 225
84 College Ave.
Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1991
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3037 (toll free)
e-mail:
[email protected] JOSEPH F. VALLARIO, JR.
Democrat, District 27A, Calvert & Prince George's Counties
House Office Building, Room 101
12 Bladen St.
Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1991
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3488 (toll free)
(Vallario has no email - write and/or call him)
ROBERT A. (BOBBY) ZIRKIN
Democrat, District 11, Baltimore County
Lowe House Office Building, Room 304A
84 College Ave.
Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1991
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3342 (toll free)
e-mail:
[email protected] If the toll-free numbers above are busy or don't work, just call (410) 841-xxxx (replace the xxxx with the extension listed for each delegate). When writing, address the envelope to "Hon." then their name. The greeting should be "Dear Delegate (last name),"
An email to the group of them is better than nothing, but in order of effectiveness it's best to:
write them and follow up with a phone call
phone them and follow up with a letter
just write them
just phone them
email them individually
email them as a group
Gun Bill Day in the House is set for Wednesday March 8 at 1 PM. We need to have a lot of people show up for the hearings, and would like to have a lot of folks testify. Phil Lee has some great info on testifying here:
http://www.mcrkba.org/TestifyingInfo.html
If you are willing to testify -- particularly on HB-1163 (dropping 'good and substantial' for CCW) and/or HB-1382 (Reciprocity) please let me know -
[email protected] or
[email protected] We would particularly like to see women testifying as they are far more effective speakers for this issue.
Thanks to members/contributors: Don, Sean, Mike, David, Gary, Paul, Curtis, Matt, Scott, Dave, Ray, Earl, Dan, Kevin, and Keith we have $600 more towards our lobbying actions and forming a PAC . We appreciate it!
"How a politician stands on the Second Amendment tells you how he or she views you as an individual... as a trustworthy and productive citizen, or as part of an unruly crowd that needs to be lorded over, controlled, supervised, and taken care of." - Suzanna Gratia-Hupp
- Henry Heymering, President
http://www.marylandshallissue.org
[email protected] Maryland Shall Issue, Inc.
P.O. Box 314
Libertytown, MD 21701
240-446-6782