[DE50AE]

Maryland is a "show cause" state with handgun permits being issued at the discretion of the state police only to those they deem to have a compelling reason to have one, and self defense does not qualify unless you've previously been threatened and it can be substantiated through police investigation. Business owners can generally qualify, but the permit is then restricted to only when conducting business. Generally, Maryland prefers its average subject to be disarmed and helpless, and the state police position is that they "can't trust" the average citizen to have a gun.

Virginia, OTOH, is a shall-issue state.

[Marauder]

I sense that handguns will be little help in this situation unless someone stumbles onto the shooter, and can get a shot off before he does.
From the distances the mutt's shooting from, a handgun would be useless for return fire.
OTOH, what is the prevailing attitude in the MD area towards a citizen keeping a long gun such as an M1 Garand in his vehicle?

[Dick Bachert]

My guess is that this is a continuation of what began on 9-11. My only questions are what took the bastards so long and where will they strike again?

If these shooters were cautious and set their vehicle up properly, there'd be no need to flee quickly. They could hang around for some time until just before the cops showed up then slowly drive off.

And what BETTER place to wage a campaign of offing innocent victims than Montgomery County, MD and DC where only the cops -- and the bad guys -- are SUPPOSED to have guns.

The shooting in VA MAY have been a bad choice as I believe VA does have a CCW law on the books.

These morons MAY have some surprises if they try this crap down south.

[YoungKentuckyConservative]

Maryland is a "show cause" state with handgun permits being issued at the discretion of the state police only to those they deem to have a compelling

Another desecration of the Constitution. Where in the 2nd Ammendment does it say "as permitting"? F&*&@# their communist laws. Ignore them!