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Legislative Report #08 - March 3, 2025
ACTION ALERT - 2025 Session
Dear Steve,
THIS IS AN IMMEDIATE ACTION ALERT.
Everytown's HB 1287 to ban Glock pistols will be heard in the House Judiciary Committee (JUD) on Wednesday, March 5th @ 1 pm. I will submit written testimony and testify agaist the bill in Committee on your behalf. This is what I need you to do now to support my efforts:
- Email every Committee member to express your oppositon to the bill (see "cut & paste" below). (Please bcc to me so help me judge our opposition level.)
- Email your own Delegate(s) to express your opposition.
- Click here to find your Distict and Delgates if you don't know who they are.
- Click here to download contact information for the Maryland General Assembly.
- Attend the Committee hearing on Wednesday to show your opposition.
- Click here to download 2A Maryland's Lobbing in Annapolis for more information.
In this report:
- Hunting related bills: Hearing in Senate EEE 3/4 @ 1 pm
- "Cut and Paste" email addresses for Senate EEE Committee
- Semi-auto gun ban and others: Hearing in House JUD Committee 3/5 @ 1 pm
- "Cut and Paste" email addresses and message for House JUD Committee
- Updated Bill advancing information - Senate Bill 444 in House JUD still needs amendment
- Are Elected Officials Complicit in AG & Everytown's "Ban the Glock" Lawsuit?
- Updated & expanded email and phone contact information for Maryland General Assembly
Click here for the MLIS tutorial page containing instructions on how to create an account, submit written testimony, and sign-up to testify in person. Even if you don't testify in person or submit written testimony you can still log-in and record your postion for or against a bill.
Links to Senate and House witness guidelines can be found on 2A Maryland's home page or on the Maryland General Assembly home page.
Links to latest information on gun bills and hearing schedules are included below.
2A Maryland's Lobbying in Annapolis is now updated for 2025 and available for download.
Please keep in mind that the Session is a dynamic environment and updates to our documents are frequently needed, so check often for updates.
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GUN BILL HEARINGS THIS WEEK:
TUESDAY, MARCH 4th: Senate Education, Energy, & Environment Committee (EEE)
SB 0449 Frederick and Washington Counties – Bow Hunting – Openly Carrying Handguns
(Cross-filed with HB 0511)
Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from prohibiting certain licensed bow hunters from openly carrying a handgun under certain circumstances in Frederick County and Washington County during deer hunting season. SUPPORT
SB 0634 Hunting – Non-lead Ammunition, Fox Chasing, and Deer Management
(Cross-filed with HB 0741)
Creating a Deer Management Assistance Program. Requiring the DNR to prohibit the use of lead-based ammunition for ALL hunting on or before July 1, 2029. Requiring the use of non-lead ammunition for hunting pen-raised birds on regulated shooting areas on or before July 1. 2026. Requiring the use of non-lead ammunition for hunting upland game birds on or before July 1, 2027. Requiring the use of non-lead ammunition for hunting webless migratory game birds and wild turkey on or before July 1, 2028. Requiring the use of non-lead ammunition for use in muzzleloading rifles and shotguns for hunting deer and any other game species on or before July 1,2029. Includes no provisions for deer hunters who own rifles for which no factory loaded non-lead ammunition is produced. OPPOSE.
Senate Education, Energy, & Environment Committee (EEE) "cut & paste" email addresses:
malcolm....@senate.state.md.us
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5th: House Judiciary Committee (JUD)
HB 0916 Criminal Law - Weapon Crimes - Transporting Firearm in Checked Bag on Public Transportation
Will add an additional layer of restrictions on the transport of firearms in checked bags on various forms of public transportation. Bill language conflicts with some existing statutes and will likely ensnare innocent citizens. OPPOSE
HB 0982 Gun Theft Felony Act of 2025
(Cross-filed with SB 0336)
Existing law treats gun theft as a simple misdemeanor property crime with penalties based upon the value of the stolen property. This bill will elevate the offense to felony. Unlike SB 0300, this bill will apply to all firearms, not just handguns. Establishing a penalty for theft of a firearm of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 for a first offense, and imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 for a second or subsequent offense. Sentence imposed shall be consecutive and in addition to sentence(s) for any other offense. SUPPORT
HB1287 Criminal Law - Firearm Crimes - Convertible Pistols
Will ban all Glock pistols and clones of “Glock style” pistols which can now, or in the future, be converted to fully automatic mode by the addition of an illegal switch/auto-sear device. The open language of the bill will amount to a ban on all semi-automatic pistols which might at some future date be converted to fully automatic by use of a yet to be available switch/auto-sear device. Bans the manufacture, sale, offer for sale, purchase, receipt or transfer of a “convertible” pistol. Ignores the fact that so-called “Glock switches” and similar after-market devices are already banned under both Federal and State law. STRONGLY OPPOSE - send emails to the members of the House JUD Committee. Contact your Delegate(s). Attend the hearing.
House Judiciary Committee (JUD) "cut & paste" email addresses & message:
christoph...@house.state.md.us
charlotte....@house.state.md.us
sheree.sam...@house.state.md.us
Please bcc: 2...@2amaryland.org
Email Subject:
Opposed to HB1287 Criminal Law - Firearm Crimes - Convertible Pistols
Message:
Dear Delegate,
I am strongly opposed to House Bill 1287.
Include your name, address and phone number.
REMEMBER: KEEP IT POLITE!
UPDATED: Senate Gun Bill Advancing in the House
SB 0444 Public Safety - Gun Buyback Programs - Destruction of Firearms passed in Senate (33-12) and is now on 1st Reader in the House Judiciary Committee.
Requires that all guns turned-in as part of a gun buy-back be completly destroyed. This bill which is now in the House Judiciary Committee (JUD) was amended in the Senate JPR Committee and in the Senate, but still falls short. 2A Maryland's suggested amendment to also require law enforcement determine which firearms are stolen was included, but a requirement that stolen firearms be returned to the lawful owner was not.
Current law requires a person report the loss or theft of a firearm within 72 hours of the discovery of the loss or theft. What is the point if law enforcement is not required to return the recovered firearm to its rightful owner? Click here for the Senate amended bill.
Please email the House Judiciary Committee (JUD) and request a Committee amendment to fix the Senate version by requiring the return of stolen firearms to the owner, unless the owner is now a prohibited person. See "cut & paste" JUD email list above.
Are Elected Officials Complicit in AG and Everytown's "Ban the Glock" Lawsuit?
The Maryland General Assembly PDF HB 1278 Criminal Law - Firearms Crimes - Convertible Pistols was created on February 6, 2025 @ 3:11 pm and modified on February 7, 2025 @ 5:23 pm.
Less than one week later on February 12, 2025, the Baltimore City Council and Maryland Attorney General supported by Everytown Law, filed a lawsuit against Glock. The PDF of the lawsuit was created on February 11, 2025 @ 8:05 pm.
Click here to download lthe Attorney General's Press Release & lawsuit.
While there is no hard evidence of collusion between the legislators, the Attorney General of Maryland, the Baltimore City Council and Everytown, the near coincidence of dates and the striking similarity in the subject matter and core intent of the two documents is difficult to simply ignore as mere happenstance.
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