MD Dem Sen: We
Won’t Stop Gun Control Push Until Death Toll Hits ‘Zero’
by AWR Hawkins 9 Mar 2016
On March 9, Maryland state
senator Jamie Raskin (D-Montgomery County) said he and his
colleagues will not quit pushing gun control
until they have an annual “death toll of zero” in the state.
He was reacting to Second Amendment supporters who
believe the latest gun control push in Maryland is unwarranted, as the state
already has very stringent laws in place.
According to CBS Baltimore, Raskin and his colleagues are
pushing a gun control measure which will broaden handgun background checks to
include all long guns too. Another measure will broaden the state’s list of
prohibited gun owners, so that those “convicted of domestic violence surrender
their guns to law enforcement or federally licensed gun dealers.”
Second Amendment supporters say the legislation is
unneeded and therefore just another limit on law-abiding citizens’ ability to
exercise their right to keep and bear arms. Some believe the new gun control is
simply being pushed as a way to expand the paper trail for guns under ATF
purview.
But senator Raskin made clear that he has no plans to
quit pushing the gun control, saying, “We’re going to stop when we get to a
death toll of zero in the state of Maryland. That’s when we’re going
stop.” Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America’s Jennifer Stapleton
spoke in the favor of the new gun control, too. She claimed it would decrease
the number of guns in the hands of “dangerous people,” thereby leading to “less
deaths.”
Stapleton did not say how she and other gun control
supporters plan to get street criminals and gang members to undergo background
checks before buying the guns they plan to use to carry out their criminal
activity.
Jamie Raskin
Jamie Raskin is a
Maryland State Senate senator, and a
professor at the American University.
Note: Gary D. Cohn is a
trustee at the American University,
and a trustee at the Harlem Children's
Zone.
George
Soros was a benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Harlem Children's Zone.
John
J. Mack was a benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone, and is an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety.
Michael R.
Bloomberg was a benefactor for
the Harlem Children's Zone, the New York (NY) mayor, a contributor for
the Americans for Responsible Solutions,
is the founder of Everytown for Gun
Safety, a co-chair for the Mayors
Against Illegal Guns, and the founder of Bloomberg LP.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a Gun
safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Everytown
for Gun Safety is a Gun safety, Gun
Control” group for guns.
Mayors
Against Illegal Guns is a Gun
safety, Gun Control” group for guns.
Raben Group is
the lobby firm for Mayors Against
Illegal Guns.
Robert Raben is
the president of the Raben Group,
and was an assistant attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice.
Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is a division of the U.S.
Department of Justice, and a federal regulatory agency for guns.
David Rhodes was
the head of US television for Bloomberg
LP, and is the president of the CBS
News.
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