MaryLand: Defensive Action Needed To Block Weapon Free Higher Education Zones Bill

By Ammoland

MaryLand – -(Ammoland.com)- Delegate Ben Barnes is trying for a second bite at the apple with his attempt to make Maryland college property part of the infamous “Gun Free Zones” with House Bill 159, euphemistically titled “Weapon-Free Higher Education Zones”.

This is a modification of the similar bill he introduced last year, which a “Conference Committee” tried to get rammed through the Senate in the waning hours of Sine Die. The 2A community rallied last year to get the word out on very short notice and helped in preventing this misguided bill being passed.

The hearing will take place in a different committee in the House than normal firearms/crime-related bills.

Even though this bill has significant ramifications for the criminal statutes in Maryland, the House leadership has, again this year, decided to have a crime bill heard in the Appropriations Committee.

This bill imposes strict penalties, applies to more than just the grounds of a “campus“, and could cause an individual to lose a Constitutionally-protected right for life over a potentially simple mistake.

The hearing is currently scheduled …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand