Maryland gun applications soar as stricter control law looms

Foxnews ^

[Red in Blue PA]

Applications for gun purchases in Maryland are soaring ahead of the start of a tough new firearms law that sets new magazine capacity limits and bans the sale of certain types of assault weapons. The Washington Times reported that state police received 85,141 gun-purchase applications this year through Aug. 31. That’s compared with 70,099 applications in all of 2012 and 46,339 applications in 2011. Maryland State Police have increased staffing to cope. In August 2012, 38 employees were assigned to conduct background checks, but this year 73 employees are doing that work, according to Sgt. Marc Black. Black said 60 temporary staffers are also rotating hours. “We’re looking at unprecedented numbers,” Maryland State Police Sgt. Marc Black told the newspaper. “We saw this coming.”

[Travis McGee]

The state of my birth, a shame to see it come to this.

[newnhdad]

This is what happens when people stay home on election day. Three counties now tell the rest of the state how to live and Fairfax, Arlington and Hampton Roads are looking to do the same to VA.

[House Atreides]

“...Three counties now tell the rest of the state how to live and Fairfax, Arlington and Hampton Roads are looking to do the same to VA.”
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Starve those counties...No more pay raises for federal employees. Inflation will gradually bring them more in line with non-governmental employees who actually create the wealth in this country.

[metmom]

Couldn’t see that one coming........

[Kip Russell]

If they “saw it coming”, then why is there a 5 month wait for an application to be processed?

[metmom]

/s

A state wants implement a stricter gun control law and gun applications soar?

What else did they expect?

[Kip Russell]

What else did they expect?

It's funny...here in Colorado, the legislature recently passed a law limiting the sale and transfer (but not possession) of magazines holding more than 15 rounds of ammunition. I'm primarily of collector of curio & relic firearms, and 99% of my collection is a least 50 years old.

Until now. When I saw what was coming, I started buying dozens of normal capacity ("high capacity" to gun grabbers) magazines for various modern firearms. As a direct consequence of the efforts of those pushing for civilian disarmament, I am now far better armed than I was last year. So now, in addition being equipped with rifles of this nature:

I now have this as my "go to" gun:

Way to go, gun grabbers!

[metmom]

Yup.

The harder they push, the harder we the people push back.

They just ended up shooting themselves in the foot.

[jboot]

That is one sweet M96 carbine.