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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nMarty O’Malley, the former mayor of that successfully gun-violence-free city, Baltimore and governor of crime-free Maryland is “pissed” about Charleston (and the rest of us aren’t, I guess) so he wants to go medieval on guns<\/a>;<\/p>\n It’s time we called this what it is: a national crisis.<\/p>\n I proudly hold an F rating from the NRA, and when I worked to pass gun control in Maryland, the NRA threatened me with legal action, but I never backed down.<\/p>\n So now, I’m doubling down, and I need your help. What we did in Maryland should be the first step of what we do as a nation. The NRA is already blaming the victims of yesterday’s shooting for their own deaths, saying they too should have been armed. Let’s put an end to this madness and finally stand up to them. Here are some steps we should be taking:<\/p>\n 1. A national assault weapons ban.<\/p>\n 2. Stricter background checks.<\/p>\n 3. Efforts to reduce straw-buying, like fingerprint requirements.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n First, I’d warn O’Malley that the NRA is made up of millions of voters. It’s not some evil corporation, but millions of gun owners many of whom joined the organization in the wake of the last pronouncement of a “national crisis” when the government tried to come for our guns. So, take pride in that “F” grade at the polling station, too. How would a “national assault weapon ban” have prevented the horrible murders in Charleston? By the way, even if that little shit had used what you call an “assault weapon” how would banning flash suppressors, bayonet lugs and pistol grips have stopped it? I’m waiting patiently for your answer.<\/p>\n If the little murdering turd did purchase a weapon after his felony drug arrest, that was illegal already. So how are you going to make more illegal, Marty?<\/p>\n More than likely, it was law enforcement’s fault for not providing accurate data for the NICS system. If he bought it before his arrest, again that’s a function of law enforcement to take any of his weapons from him. How do you make background checks stricter, when the system depends on accurate information going in and that information isn’t being entered? How is that going to prevent the next guy from buying a weapon if all you’re going to do is make it harder for the law-abiding gun owners.<\/p>\n How is fingerprinting going to reduce straw-buyers? If they can make a straw purchase now without fingerprinting, they’ll be able to make the same straw purchase after you fingerprint them.<\/p>\n That’s what he’s got…pointless blather that will only impress the other morons who don’t understand the issue. Scary-looking guns scare the idiots, so we have to remove the scary guns from their sight. And we all know that the criminals are scared of new laws with which they’ll have to comply. <\/p>\n There have been 40 homicides in the last 30 days (as of last night) in Baltimore<\/a>, 136 so far this year. I’m sure they were all committed by legal gun owners with legal guns. <\/p>\n Vote O’Malley if you want the whole country gun violence-free like Baltimore!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"