House 'Gun Day' Highlights Stalemate in Assembly (Dems for sensible gun laws- MD)

http://rockville.patch.com/articles/house-gun-day-highlights-stalemate-in-assembly

ANNAPOLIS - When the House Judiciary Committee meets this week, just days after it finished wrestling with a contentious same-sex marriage proposal, lawmakers will be greeted by another lighting rod issue: Guns.

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O'Malley is looking to "close a loophole" and require that people convicted of committing a violent crime with a long gun, such as a rifle, face the same penalty that applies to those who use a handgun: mandatory five years without parole. He's also backing a bill that would increase the time convicted gun offenders spend in prison by reducing "good-time" credits.

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O'Malley, who helped push through legislation in 2009 that removed guns from the houses of domestic abusers, is slated to host a "Maryland Forward" Forum on guns and gang violence in Baltimore Thursday.

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Aside from O'Malley's two bills, a pair of proposals backed by Baltimore leaders that would tighten some gun laws also will be heard. Another bill scheduled for Tuesday would give state police broader authority to regulate gun stores.

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Fuck the NRA

yup

Is injury or death by knife or rock or foot less heinous than such by gun? Why or why not?

Cite to evidence-if you can-please.

yessiree

yup

And because someone is "extra dead" if they're killed with a gun, versus a knife. :eyes:

can't do a drive-by stabbing

yup