ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY ON MARYLAND FIREARM POLITICS
(2010-07-06) What does the Supreme Court ruling in McDonald v Chicago mean here in Maryland?
Huzzah, the Second Amendment is considered 'incorporated', that is, binding to states and localities, not just the federal government. But this is only the start of the heavy lifting in rolling back the unreasonable tide of gun control.(2010-04-16) Analysis of the 2010 Maryland Legislative Session
This session was marked by a needless battle over handgun permits, wrangling over expansions of gun laws and penalties, and more nibbling around the edges of our rights. But it also saw passage of a nice civil liability bill, and no fundamental losses for our community.(2010-04-09) Freedom is noisy
Our community has a strong interest in noise and other environmental measures. Here's why.(2010-02-19) Don't make liberty a "sportsman" issue
Our regular reminder of the danger from allowing our issue to be misportrayed, plus analysis of the impact on our legislative situation in Annapolis this last year of the term.(2010-02-09) All your base belong to ... who?
More analysis of the prospects of a Bob Ehrlich candidacy for governor this year.(2010-02-19) Updated with the gubernatorial scorecard.
(2010-01-18) Vetting the first gun bills in the hopper this session
The General Assembly is off and running, with gun bills - some obvious, some subtle - already coming in.(2010-01-12) Gunowner strategy for the 2010 Legislative Session
What are prospects for unwanted gun control in the coming legislative session? To a great extent, gunowners get to say.(2009-04-25) Analysis of the 2009 Legislative Session
Major gun control provisions were no-shows, but prohibitionists continue to nip at the edges. Defenses are carried by a small bi-partisan group, with the GOP in disarray.(2009-01-04) Where the 2008 elections left Maryland gun owners
There was little opportunity for pro-gun advocates to make a difference at the ballot box this election, but we won in races presented us.(2007-08-01) New gun purchase restrictions enacted in Maryland
Without the benefit of legislation, regulation or any public comment, the O'Malley administration has enacted sweeping new invasion of privacy for any Maryland citizen proposing to purchase a regulated firarm (a handgun or select long guns.)(2007-03-20) Overview of 2007 Legislative Session
Debate over so-called "assault weapons" dominated what coverage there was of Maryland gun issues, and this particular form of gun control is dead for another year. We lead our retrospectives on the session and what it means for gunowners by covering the first of the bills to die.- PART ONE: The big picture and what happened.
- PART TWO: The trend on any question of "assault weapon" bans in Maryland.
- PART THREE: Snapshots from the Brady Bunch dog and pony show.
- PART FOUR: Bill signings and vetos. (Added 6-1-2007)
(2006-12-20) Follow the money
(2006-12-20) Steve Uhrig - RIP
(2006-12-20) Time running out for Montgomery County shotgun range
(2006-12-12) Bye, bye, Poppa Joe
(2006-11-20) Maryland shotgun facility asks for your help
(2006-11-11) Impact of 2006 election on Maryland gunowners
Governor Bob Ehrlich didn’t lose re-election because he failed to implement policy sought by his base. He failed because he didn’t try, and he took much of his party down with him.- PART ONE: Failure to lead led to both national and state power shift.
- PART TWO: State GOP looks for excuses for failure to ignite base.
- PART THREE: Good news! We're not the state GOP
- PART FOUR: Bottom line for major parties.
- PART FIVE: Bottom line for state gunowners.
(2006-10-17) Ehrlich administration curtails state hunting lands
(2006-10-11) Team Ehrlich works hard to make conservatives irrelevant.
In its Fall 2006 edition, the The Citizens Monitor published our OP ED on why conservatives can't afford to support the re-election of Bob Ehrlich.Click here for the longer analysis on which this OP ED was based.