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MD Governor stops sniper attack! (Bans all firearm discharges in 4 counties by executive order)
Fox News Alert ^ | 15 Oct 2002 | DCBryan1

Posted on 10/15/2002 4:14:40 PM PDT by DCBryan1

Shepard Smith on Fox News just confirmed that anti-gun MD Gov. Paris Glendening has, by executive order, made illegal ANY discharge of a projectile weapon in four (4) counties around Washington DC.

This ban also includes bow/arrow and muzzloading hunting that are about to come into season, and all practice and recreational shooting.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: antigun; firearms; guncontrol; maryland; sniper
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To: cake_crumb
Uh...hunters entering safe areas of wood, as opposed to those which do not abut gas stations and parking lots are not within the extremely thin profile of the killer...

Try to tell that to a tennis-shoed granny who sees - horrors - someone carrying a weapon into the woods - a thousand miles away from a gas station. She's going to call 911 and someone is going to respond. And that someone should be free to be doing something more productive.

161 posted on 10/15/2002 6:53:44 PM PDT by jackbill
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To: ApesForEvolution
"WE ALSO NEED TO TEMPORARILY BAN THE IGNITION AND USE OF MOTOR VEHICLES, IN THE EVENT THEY BACKFIRE AND SOMEONE THINKS IT'S THE TERRORIST"

Especially since it could happen AGAIN during a live press conference being given about the sniper by the local police force to the national press.

162 posted on 10/15/2002 6:56:41 PM PDT by cake_crumb
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
I would hazard that he walks straight into the mine field. Meaning, he will get bolder and bolder until he is caught. That's part of the deal with murderers. It's like druggies; after awhile, it requires more drugs. Even if this guy's a terrorist, which I'm 60-40 he/they is/are, this is a game and it's a major high the way it's played. Unfortunately, the citizens will defeat him, but not in Maryland. The state is a wasteland. They might all die, one by one, before any in Maryland catches the sniper.

Why couldn't the sniper profile communists?
163 posted on 10/15/2002 6:59:15 PM PDT by ApesForEvolution
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To: jackbill
"Try to tell that to a tennis-shoed granny who sees - horrors - someone carrying a weapon into the woods - a thousand miles away from a gas station. She's going to call 911 and someone is going to respond."

Perhaps I'm naive, or just suffering from selective memory, but I truly believe the bulk of law enforcement officers, especially locals, have brains which they are capable of using.

164 posted on 10/15/2002 6:59:36 PM PDT by cake_crumb
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To: cake_crumb
Perhaps I'm naive, or just suffering from selective memory, but I truly believe the bulk of law enforcement officers, especially locals, have brains which they are capable of using.

I agree, but would they dare to ignore a 911 call from a tennis-shoed granny? I doubt it.

165 posted on 10/15/2002 7:08:23 PM PDT by jackbill
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To: DCBryan1
That Glendining must have fell out of a tree and hit his head...geeesh what a retard!!
166 posted on 10/15/2002 7:10:45 PM PDT by timestax
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To: HairOfTheDog
Maryland is a 'you must be a redneck, right wing, hee-haw' if you own or use a gun and believe the 2nd Amendment is yours to claim. Hunting was about all that's left. It's like a UK/Australian progression in Maryland, always 'justifiable' for 'our own good'.
167 posted on 10/15/2002 7:11:28 PM PDT by ApesForEvolution
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To: Trust but Verify
What exactly is the Maryland definition of a "projectile weapon?" Would this include air rifles, sling shots, etc.??? What about those nifty Hilti guns that use powder cartridges to drive nails? Are those to be banned also??

Lots of interesting possibilities here...
168 posted on 10/15/2002 7:17:06 PM PDT by been_lurking
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To: cake_crumb
You're kidding me?! Too funny. Why don't they do something productive like issue the populace all flack jackets and helmets. Guns and training would be too effective.
169 posted on 10/15/2002 7:17:44 PM PDT by ApesForEvolution
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To: cake_crumb
Are the cops just sent out to the locations of bodies? What am I missing here? An army of terrorists could probably take over Maryland with fireworks alone right now...
170 posted on 10/15/2002 7:20:16 PM PDT by ApesForEvolution
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To: ApesForEvolution
"You're kidding me?! Too funny"

No, no kiddin'. IIRC, it happened during a live press conference with Chief Moose early last week. I'm about 98 % sure it was early last week. Anyhow, Moose was quit cool about it....while most everyone else was panicking.

He was the one to stand up to the mike and say, very authoritatively, "BACKFIRE", then finished the sentence he had begun before the interruption as though nothing had happened.

171 posted on 10/15/2002 7:24:57 PM PDT by cake_crumb
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To: ApesForEvolution
"Are the cops just sent out to the locations of bodies? What am I missing here? An army of terrorists could probably take over Maryland with fireworks alone right now..."

Sadly, you're probably right. Conservatives in Maryland are becoming an endangered species. Personally, I have found Maryland very frightening for the past twelve years. (WITH notable exceptions, but they aren't elected officials or law officers)

172 posted on 10/15/2002 7:29:20 PM PDT by cake_crumb
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To: cake_crumb
Wow, I honestly wasn't aware of that.
173 posted on 10/15/2002 7:36:04 PM PDT by ApesForEvolution
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To: ApesForEvolution
I'm sure it's somewhere in FR's humongous archives....buried, but I'm sure it's there.
174 posted on 10/15/2002 7:38:16 PM PDT by cake_crumb
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To: cake_crumb
Maryland is the east coast version of the Kalifornia twilight zone. There are large regions of America that, but for their geography, could use a good sterilization for re-inhabitation.
175 posted on 10/15/2002 7:38:51 PM PDT by ApesForEvolution
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
Here is the web page of press releases for the Governor of Maryland:

http://www.gov.state.md.us/gov/press/2002/html/octpress.html

The last release at the time of my posting was on October 8. I saw no mention of any ban on firearms discharges.
176 posted on 10/15/2002 7:40:37 PM PDT by calvin sun
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To: cake_crumb
Don't waste your time digging it up on my account. I believe you. Hey, you aren't the sniper are you?!

*(:o
177 posted on 10/15/2002 7:45:43 PM PDT by ApesForEvolution
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To: DCBryan1
MD Governor stops sniper attack! (Bans all firearm discharges in 4 counties by executive order)

Damn! What a Freaking genius your governor is!

178 posted on 10/15/2002 7:46:45 PM PDT by BenR2
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To: ApesForEvolution
"Maryland is the east coast version of the Kalifornia twilight zone."

Yeah it is...as is New Jersey, and as PA is sadly becoming. Look what happened to the great state of Vermont! Look at Massachusetts!!

"Hey, you aren't the sniper are you?!"

LOL...no. Just a close personal interest in profiling the enemy right. All bad guys are the enemy. I have several relatives in the FBI, so maybe it's just a competitive "I can profile better than you can" thing...I've been right about several cases over the past 5 years and they have been wrong...so I'm winning.

179 posted on 10/15/2002 7:55:33 PM PDT by cake_crumb
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To: cake_crumb
I hope you're right again.

Wait...This just in from FOQS News:

"We are decreeing that as of this moment, the state of Maryland is banning any assembly in public areas without wearing a bullet proof vest and approved head gear.."

Governor Glendipshig's Office

180 posted on 10/15/2002 7:59:35 PM PDT by ApesForEvolution
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