O'Malley to Focus on 'Choices' in State of the State
Gov. Martin O'Malley will reflect on the effects of the policy decisions he's made since being elected in 2006.
The word of the day is "choice."
Gov. Martin O'Malley will give his seventh State of the State speech at noon on Wednesday. The focus of his address will be the choices state government has made during his terms in office, according to portions of the speech released by his office.
"When the national recession hit—wiping out jobs and revenues all across our country—other states tried to cut their way to prosperity. Many found this only made things worse. Laying off police officers, fire fighters and teachers, cutting public education, hiking up college tuition by double digits every single year, continuing down the merry path of cutting taxes for the very wealthy, hoping against cruel experience that somehow it would trickle down to the rest of their citizens."
"But in Maryland, we made better choices," O'Malley is expected to say, according to the prepared text.
The governor will focus on efficiencies in government over the last few years as well as more than $8 billion in reductions to expected spending made since 2007.
"Knowing that we could not cut our way to prosperity, we balanced record budget cuts with modern investments; investments in the very priorities that create jobs and expand opportunity: educating, innovating, and rebuilding for a better economic future," according to O'Malley's prepared text.
"These are the choices which enable us to invest in a stronger and better future: more job creation, more opportunity, and a stronger, growing middle class.
"Better choices. Better results. The proof is in our progress," O'Malley said in his prepared remarks.
Sanchez
11:27 am on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
"we balanced record budget cuts"
LIBERAL LIES only your sheep beLIEve!
When this years budget is more than last years budget and that was more than the year before, there were no SPENDING CUTS! What newspeak these progressive idiots use and believe!
Neil B
11:32 am on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Not sure how he has cut spending since the budget has gone up 9 Billion or 33% since he has been in office.
Amy Leahy
11:50 am on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
The only reason Maryland is not suffering as much as the rest of the country is because of the huge government employment base. Expect large tax increases in county governments this year because of the mandates he pushed on them last legislative session. Part of his plan to balance the state's budget.
Sanchez
12:13 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
"and a stronger, growing middle class." LIES LIES LIES!!!
"Starting back in the 2007 Special Session, Martin O'Malley and the democrats implemented the Largest Tax Increase In Maryland’s History (so far anyway)
20% Increase in the Sales and Use Tax (From 5% to 6%)
Also included an expansion to Computer Service which was repealed in the ’08 regular session and replaced with the “Millionaire’s Tax”, a 6.25% tax rate on incomes over $1 million. The “Millionaire’s Tax” sunsetted on December 31, 2010.
18 % Increase in the Corporate Income Tax (From 7% to 8.25%)
20% Increase in Vehicle Excise Tax
117% Increase In Vehicle Titling Fee
100% Increase in Cigarette Tax
5% Income Tax Increase on Incomes over $150,000 (4.75% to 5%)
11% Income Tax Increase on Incomes over $300,000 (4.75% to 5.25%)
16% Income Tax Increase on Incomes over $500,000 (4.75% to 5.5%)"
Sanchez
12:13 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
2011 Toll Increases
“…largest package of toll increases in the state’s history…” Baltimore Sun, 9/22/11
Key Bridge/Fort McHenry Tunnel/ Harbor Tunnel - 50% increase from $2 both ways to $3 both ways effective November 1 - 33% increase from $3 both ways to $4 both ways effective July 1, 2013 - Total increase 100% from 2011 to 2013.
JFK Memorial Highway Section of I-95/Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge - 33% increase from $6 to $8 effective July 1, 2013
Bay Bridge - 60% increase from $2.50 to $4 effective November 1 - 50% increase from $4 to $6 effective July 1, 2013 - Total increase 140% from 2011 to 2013
Harry W. Nice Bridge - 33% increase from $3 to $4 effective November 1. - 50% increase from $4 to $6 effective July 1, 2013 - Total increase 100% from 2011 to 2013
Sanchez
12:13 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Taxes and Fees Increases in the FY 2012 Budget/BRFA
Vehicle Titling Tax doubled $50 to $100
Vanity Plate Fee doubled from $25 to $50
Land Recording Fees – doubled $20 to $40
Birth Certificate Fees – doubled from $12 to $24
Increase in Hospital Assessments adding 2.5% to rates
Increasing Nursing Home Tax from 4% to 5.5%
Parole Supervision Fee – doubled from $25 to $50
New Taxes and Fees in the FY 2012 Budget/BRFA
2% Premium Tax on the Injured Worker Insurance Fund (IWIF)
Payroll Garnishment Fee for State Employees
Maryland Higher Education Commission Program Approval Fee
Other Bills With Tax and Fee Increases from 2011 Session
HB 1196 – Increases the maximum fee imposed by Maryland Historical Trust from 1% to 3%.
Sanchez
12:14 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
HB 1213 – Increases sales tax on alcohol 50% from 6% to 9%
SB 994
HB 195 – Increases the licensure fee for a secondhand precious metal object dealer or pawnbroker from $75
to $300
HB 1022 – Establishes a registration and renewal fee of $1,000 for Debt Settlement Services
HB 881 – Establishes an application fee of $100 and a $100 per vehicle registration fee for transporting waste kitchen grease.
HB 523 – Requires the State Court Administrator to assess a $100 fee for the special admission of an out-ofstate attorney.
Now we go to present day, and of course they are not done. In the 2012 Regular Session there is a lengthy list of fee increases in the FY 13 budget
How many want MORE OF THIS HELP for the middle class?
Sanchez
12:15 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Office of Health Care Quality Fees
Ambulatory Surgical Centers – 471% increase (from $700 to $4000)
Residential Service Agencies – 100% increase (from $500 to $1000)
Assisted Living – 567% increase (from $150 to $1000)
Laboratories – 200% increase (from $100 to $300)
Abortion Surgical Centers – $1500 (new fee)
Food Control Fees (applicable to all food processing operations in the state, shellfish (processing, food manufacturing, etc.)
Food Control Fees (applicable to all food processing operations in the state, shellfish
processing, food manufacturing, etc.)
Processing Facilities – 167% increase (From $150 to $400)
Food Control Fees:
Plan Reviews - $400
Newborn Screen Fee – 43% increase (from $70 to $100)
Sanchez
12:16 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Other Tax/Fee Bills
HB 446– Environment – Bay Restoration Fund – Fees (Administration) =
$55 Million - Doubles Flush Tax for Septic Users from $30 to $60 per year. - Fund is not protected from future raids. -Exempts areas outside of Chesapeake Bay Watershed (areas in Garrett and Lower Shore)
HB 1087 – Telecommunications Companies – Universal Service Trust Fund –Surcharge (Hixson/Davis) - $1.6 million - Expands Universal Service Trust Fund (USTF) surcharge to all telecommunications services in the state. -Current surcharge is $0.18/month but can be as high as $0.45 per month. - Previously, USTF charge only applied to landlines - $12 million of this special fund’s fund balance has been siphoned off in BRFA’s over the last 3 years.
http://rightcoastconservative.blogspot.com/2012/05/have-you-had-enough-yet-comprehensive.html
All us middle class families need more of this help to succeed Owe'Malley you liar!
Vega
12:56 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
I say let O'Malley keep The Peoples Republic of Maryland, vote with your feet... VA is right next door and sooooo much better!
1ke
1:12 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Sit on I-66 and think it over some evening.
Steve
1:05 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
"VA is right next door and sooooo much better!"
Why? Because you can marry your first cousin?
jag
1:17 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
VA's thinking about making cohabitation of unmarried people legal, so soon you won't even have to marry your first cousin to live with them. VA's so progressive these days.
ER
7:20 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
Hey steve thats really stupid!
You know many people are just tired of every item thats purchased its taxed to the hilt with no end of tax cost in sight. This state is so expsense to live in becuae of the highest tax base, next to NY state in the union. Tell everyone Steve what do you have to show for your hard work, except higher taxes to pay for more welfare and illegal aliens.
Bryan P. Sears
1:46 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Comments by Frank and Sanchez were removed because they violate the Patch Terms of Use. http://catonsville.patch.com/terms
Sanchez
1:52 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
GOOD! Keep that man from stalking and nagging me.
FIFA_archived
3:05 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Bryan, are you seriously going to let that language continue? You are being dared to remove his account by his obvious "N" word usage. That post will be deleted before he is I would wager.
Sanchez
3:09 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Pot meet nagger kettle!
Sanchez
3:11 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Look, you people nag posters so yes you are naggers.
Comment on the post or the comment not the poster. See how east that is? Maybe not.
FIFA_archived
3:13 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Goodbye Sanchez, you are done!
Vega
2:18 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Nope, just work in MD , I am over in McLean , VA .
1ke
2:40 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Mr. Sears, you can delete posts and scrub these pages as much as you please.
However, you do have a vested interest in urging along a rational balanced conversation where no one can use "flooding" as a means of dominating a conversation. Closely linked to that principle is a similar principle that who said it is an inextricable part of what is said.
Bryan P. Sears
4:10 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Some rational discussion minus the name calling would be a refreshing change. Anyone want to try it?
Sanchez
4:12 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
We will see who has the self control Mr Sears.
Chris W
5:30 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
What a riot.
Meanwhile, back in the real world:
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/category/ratings
The top nine programs are all on Fox.
Nine Frank. Nine
Just like Herman Cain nine nine nine,
FIFA_archived
5:37 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Chris W., that is a nonsensical argument. Moderates and progressives have many other choices than Fox, thus their viewership is split. If you are a right winger, your choice is Fox, otherwise you have choices. As evidenced by the last election, Fox wins ratings but loses elections. Not only did Democrats win the Presidency and keep the Senate, they also outpolled the Republicans in the House, the only thing that kept the House in Republican hands was gerrymandering after the 2010 elections. Fox is a dying breed like the Tea Party they used to love.
Steve
6:25 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
When I go to see my crazy Uncle in the nursing home they have all the old people propped up in their chairs glued to Faux News 24/7.
Chris W
6:41 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Next time at least skim the link. We're talking Cable news FIFA. Cable.
To be clear the channels in question are Fox, CNN, MSNBC, and HLN. The top nine shows of these 4 networks are on fox.
Look at it this way
The highest rated cable news show was the Factor on Fox. It beat all three other shows in it's time slot combined.
Cue Frank's unintelligible grumbling about O'Riley.
FIFA_archived
12:56 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
Chris W., and just why is Obama in the White House and not Romney? The Senate in Democratic hands with a larger majority? And the House although in Republican hands because of gerrymandering. What is your answer if Fox is winning/
Sanchez
7:18 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
When I go to see my crazy Uncle in the nursing home they have all the old people propped up in their chairs glued to Ralph Madcow and Al Sharpton and crazy Ed Schultz 24/7 and it keeps them comatose and compliant.
Chris W
12:49 pm on Sunday, February 3, 2013
Fifa,
The country is still center to center right.. The issue is that even people slightly right of center recognize crazy when they see it and some of the far right folks are just that, crazy. That combined with a candidate that had the personality of a lemon spelled doom. It's also hard to get support for the 49% of people on the take. Democrats win by bribery, plain and simple. Vote for me and get your free "Obama phone"
Republicans are also masters at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Take the Fiscal cliff. There was a deal on the table last summer that would have cut three dollars for every dollar in revenue increased. The far right dug in their heels and said no taxes. The far right was happy with congress, but they sat out the election because they did not trust Romney.
Now we will get the taxes but not the cuts. because the momentum shifted.
I do get a kick out of your moral outrage over congress and what you see as gerrymandering keeping the house Republican. A bit ironic coming from a liberal in Maryland that has done the exact same thing with great success.
1ke
4:53 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
One large part of the tax burden is attributable to the large prison population:
"Perhaps the most interesting part of the Pew report was their conclusion that, if done properly, we can reduce sentence lengths without compromising public safety. Their analysis of prisoners in Maryland, Florida and Michigan showed that up to 24 percent of nonviolent prisoners “could have been safely released after serving between three months and two years less time behind bars.” Releasing only these nearly-no-risk prisoners alone would reduce Michigan’s prison population by six percent, saving the state $92 million.
In addition to making our prison population larger, our sentencing policy choices have also made it much older. Not only are prisoners serving longer sentences, but the number of prisoners serving very long sentences – 20 years or more – has risen as well; many of today’s elderly prisoners were young men and women when they were sentenced."
http://bit.ly/11glP0M
Sanchez
6:04 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Are you comfortable releasing those like these early? Is it cheaper to keep them locked away or to allow the VICTIMS to pay the price? How long before something goes horribly wrong?
" 13-Year-Old Among Those Charged in Serial Howard County Burglaries
One 13-year-old, two 14-year-olds and a 17-year-old are believed to be involved with a string of burglaries that began in November, police said.
The juveniles are suspected by police to be involved in the burglaries at the following locations and dates:
DAS Auto Service, Dobbin Center Way, Columbia, Nov. 6
Dobbin Auto Body, Dobbin Center Way, Columbia, Nov. 6
US 1 Flea Market, Washington Blvd., Elkridge, Nov. 16
Rudy’s Mediterranean Grill, Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia, Dec. 8
Olive Garden, Benson Drive, Columbia, Dec. 8
US 1 Flea Market, Washington Blvd., Elkridge, Dec. 16
US 1 Flea Market, Washington Blvd., Elkridge, Dec. 20
Soccer America, Dobbin Road, Columbia, Dec. 28
LA Boxing, Dobbin Center Way, Columbia, Dec. 31
Lakeside Coffee and Café, Wincopin Circle, Jan. 3
Mad City Coffee, Hickory Ridge Road, Columbia, Jan. 3
Columbia Nail Salon, Hickory Ridge Road, Columbia, Jan. 3
Bright Stars Learning Academy, Cedar Lane, Columbia, Jan. 3
Cradlerock Market, Cradlerock Way, Columbia, Jan. 3
Concentra, Dobbin Road, Columbia, Jan. 22
J&D Jewelry, Dobbin Road, Columbia, Jan. 22"
Chris W
6:48 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Legalizing and taxing drugs is the answer. If we diverted a tenth of the money we spend on the "war on drugs" on the treatment of addiction and other preventive measures, we would have fewer people in prison and the taxes on recreational pot use would turn the deficit into a surplus.
Sanchez
6:07 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
AS I noted on that page 1ke,
""Charles Rodriguez, a 24-year-old Columbia man"
No stranger to our uncivil justice system. 17 line items on the Judiciary website from rape to many traffic violations.
All told this thug has probably cost the state taxpayers over a million dollars in court time public defenders etc.
How many taxpayers entire state and local taxes paid are required to keep sending this man through the criminal justice system? 30? 40? We can see where our tax money is eaten up."
http://columbia.patch.com/articles/four-columbia-teens-charged-with-16-commercial-burglaries
They eat up more of our money by continually being Nolle Prosed . steted and released early and victimizing more citizens.
Remember the story on these pages about the couple released in Howard County and they went on another spree and are on the loose making more victims somewhere?
Sanchez
6:22 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
We know who had no self control.
Sanchez
6:25 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
I don;t know Frank, what do you think? After 5 or 10 Nolle Prossed what could it be? Either the incompetence of the police in their work to gather evidence, or a lax judicial system not interested in putting more people in jail. What else could it be?
Think it through before you type you answer. I hope your answer is more than 1 sentence.
FIFA_archived
7:45 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Why does the word offset come to mind, ESP I guess.
Sanchez
7:41 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
Can't get more than one sentence.
1ke
7:39 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Pick your poison. Higher taxes.
"Despite the vast political and financial resources that have been mobilized toward prison expansion, very little systematic attention has been focused on the potential problems posed by the large and increasing number of inmates being released each year. A snapshot of ex-offenders one year after release reveals a rocky path of reintegration, with rates of joblessness in excess of 75 percent and rates of rearrest close to 45 percent. But one simple question remains unanswered: Are the employment problems of ex-offenders caused by their offender status, or does this population simply comprise a group of individuals who were never very successful at mainstream involvement in the first place? ... To the extent that the problems of prisoner reentry reflect the challenges of a population poorly equipped for conventional society, our policies would be best targeted toward some combination of treatment, training, and, at the extreme, containment. If, on the other hand, the problems of prisoner reentry are to some degree caused by contact with the criminal justice system itself, then a closer examination of the (unintended) consequences of America’s war on crime may be warranted. Establishing the nature of the relationship between incarceration and subsequent outcomes, then, is critical to developing strategies best suited to address this rapidly expanding ex-offender population."
http://bit.ly/XkMkfR
Chris W
8:23 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
You must be joking. This far left garbage.
The author talks abut the percentage of young black men in prison, compared to the percentage of young white men in prison with absolutely no discussion of the percentage of violent crime perpetrated by each group.
Without knowing what percentage of violent crime is committed by each group, the stats are meaningless.
1ke
8:33 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Where is any mention of violence, Whiteness or Blackness?
Heh, heh, you got something on your mind you need to share, Chris W?
Chris W
9:33 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
You're a tool Frank.
1ke
9:45 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Bryan P. Sears
4:10 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Some rational discussion minus the name calling would be a refreshing change. Anyone want to try it?
Cat's away, hunh?
Chris W
5:42 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
Your selective moral outrage is a hoot.
Lets not have any name calling... But childish schoolyard taunts are just fine..
Chris W
9:12 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Did you not read the link you posted 1ke? I did. I am commenting on the hyperlink you provided.
Read gentleman. At the risk of drawing your ire over "copypasta"
"More than any other group, African Americans have felt the impact of the prison boom, comprising more than 40 percent of the current prison population while making up just 12 percent of the U.S. population. At any given time, roughly 12 percent of all young black men between the ages of twenty-five and twenty-nine are behind bars, compared to less than 2 percent of white men in the same age group; "
Sanchez
7:48 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
38% of all homicides in the US is 2011 were perpetrated by less than 7%of the population. 50% of all homicide victims are from 12% of the population.
Why is this not in this national discussion on gun crime?
This shows that the national discussion is not about gun violence as much as it is about infringing more on the rights the government did not give us so they cannot take it away. If they COULD have they would have banned the sale of full auto firearms in 1934, they didn't. They created a licensing scheme so as to not violate the Constitution.
1ke
9:34 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Oh, that is undoubtedly true. Would you like to look still more deeply into incarceration rates?
That was not my point. You may have another point weighing heavily on your thinking.
My point is that we have situation that will cost more tax dollars any way you cut it.
1ke
9:36 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
I am trying very hard to stay on topic here. You with me, buddy? I mean we are all buddies here. Right, Mr. Sears?
kevin
12:20 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
follow the constitution and allow us to carry guns. That simple.How about we wait for Mr. Gansler to win a case about permits before enforcing ones the courts have ruled against.Come on Steve and Da boys earn your money spread that liberal BS you get paid for .
Chris W
6:02 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
Interesting article on CNN about how the mentally ill are ale to buy guns.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/30/health/mental-illness-guns/index.html?iid=article_sidebar
Here is a relavent quote. "The system is only as good as the data. And "the data is the real problem," said Mark Glaze, the director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, an organization whose recent in-depth study found millions of mental health records were missing from the federal background check system."
So the existing law are not being used to stop guns from getting into the Hands of the mentally ill, then Democrats stamp their feet and say we have to do more.
More hastily prepared and poorly implemented measures will not have any real effect.
Steve
12:37 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
"follow the constitution and allow us to carry guns."
Ain't going to happen. Young v. Hawaii pretty much sealed that fate. "May Issue " is allowable under the Constitution.
Sanchez
7:53 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
That case only effects Mr Young and has zero relevance in Maryland or anywhere beside in Hawaii.
Sanchez
8:49 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
Young v. Hawaii was a District Court case, Heller is a SCOTUS case, so you are wrong as usual. Noting more than one sentence eh?
Sanchez
9:01 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
Surrender and fold.
Steve
6:40 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
How did the Heller case affect your right to carry a firearm in public in Maryland?
Sanchez
10:20 am on Saturday, February 2, 2013
Apparently it effected the judge's decision in Woolard which found Maryland's "good and substantial" clause to be unconstitutional.
Steve
10:50 am on Saturday, February 2, 2013
Okay so strap your Manmaker on your hip and waddle around the Inner Harbor. Let us know how you make out.
Chris W
9:31 am on Sunday, February 3, 2013
Those who are unarmed in the inner harbor are probably in the minority.
quick thought on gun control. I listened to some of the discussion before the judiciary committee on Wednesday. The Police chief from Baltimore (not sure if it was city or county) Made the case like many here that bans in DC and Chicago have been ineffective because people just cross the border any buy guns elsewhere.
Before some of the recent changes in state drug laws, we had a complete ban on Cocaine, Heroine, Marijuana, etc. How hard is it to find illegal drugs in this country. What makes people think that banning guns, or certain types of guns will be successful?
1ke
10:00 am on Sunday, February 3, 2013
I guess you won't be visiting us, Chris W.
Guns, hopefully, are not addictive substances with markets that stretch in one form or another into antiquity. If they are--and the post in another forum where some yahoo attests to owning 85 guns indicates that they are for some folks-- we need to start doing some house to house searches.
Ummm, I guess that is what the subpoenas were about.
Sanchez
10:12 am on Sunday, February 3, 2013
"we need to start doing some house to house searches. "
Screw the Constitution! Who needs those protections from the tyrants?
Sandra James
1:00 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
As a life long citizen of the state of Maryland (Montgomery County), I chose to leave the county in September as I can no longer stand to see the demise of a once beautiful environment that has gone to the trash. I can honestly say that I am not interested in further "choices" that Gov. O'Malley (and the Lt. Govenor), only to leave our state once and for all. You've both have done enough damage. Just go, please.
Carol
6:30 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
Right on Sandra!
Penelope Patch
10:26 pm on Saturday, February 2, 2013
Sandra,
I agree with you. Did you hear some of the speech O'Malley gave recently? He sounds downright creepy.
Sanchez
10:18 am on Sunday, February 3, 2013
PBS FRONTLINE on where criminals acquire their firearms.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/guns/procon/guns.html
"An expert on crime gun patterns, ATF agent Jay Wachtel says that most guns used in crimes are not stolen out of private gun owners' homes and cars. "Stolen guns account for only about 10% to 15% of guns used in crimes," Wachtel said. Because when they want guns they want them immediately the wait is usually too long for a weapon to be stolen and find its way to a criminal."
"Wachtel says one of the most common ways criminals get guns is through straw purchase sales. "
"The next biggest source of illegal gun transactions where criminals get guns are sales made by legally licensed but corrupt at-home and commercial gun dealers. Several recent reports back up Wachtel's own studies about this, and make the case that illegal activity by those licensed to sell guns, known as Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs), is a huge source of crime guns and greatly surpasses the sale of guns stolen from John Q. Citizen. "
Everything the civil rights deniers are attempting have little effect on where the criminal acquires their firearms. The proposed laws only affect the law abiding which is the desired result.
Sanchez
10:24 am on Sunday, February 3, 2013
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/fuo.pdf
"Among prisoners who carried a firearm during the offense for which they were serving time in 1997, 14% had bought or traded for the gun from a store, pawnshop, flea market, or gun show. The 1997 percentage who had acquired their firearm at a retail outlet represented a significant drop from 21% in 1991. The percentage of inmates
receiving their gun from family or friends rose from 34% in 1991 to 40% in 1997."
"Less than 2% of inmates reported carrying a fully automatic or military-style semiautomatic firearm. Fewer than 1 in 50 State and Federal inmates used, carried, or possessed a military-style semiautomatic gun or a fully automatic gun during their current offense (table 2). These guns, as used in the questions and definitions for the
personal interviews with prison inmates, include the following:"
"Of inmates who carried a firearm during their offense, 8 in 10 had a handgun"
Going after long guns that look mean and nasty is a waste of resources, time and effort and is only more infringement on our civil rights.
Sanchez
10:32 am on Sunday, February 3, 2013
http://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/WP-Tough-Targets.pdf
When Criminal Face Armed Resistance From Citizens
"The National Survey of Private Ownership of Firearms found approximately 1.5 million
defensive gun uses per year ."
"Many defensive gun uses never make the news. After all, “Man Scares away Burglar, No Shots Fired” is not particularly newsworthy."
1ke
2:09 pm on Sunday, February 3, 2013
Flooding.
1ke
2:10 pm on Sunday, February 3, 2013
Sounds like the manufacture and sale of handguns needs to be restricted.
Kongo
2:18 pm on Sunday, February 3, 2013
Scared, Ike? There's nothing more dangerous than a hospice dweller and his wet diapers.
1ke
11:25 pm on Sunday, February 3, 2013
No fear, no paranoia. Super Bowl Champs.
I get a kick out of how worked up you and your pals get over your teabagging politics and your peashooters.
Patriot Buck. JoeBlob, B.O., Lorna Doom.