Hearing on HR 517 - MD ammo ban

HB-517 is the most important, most threatening bill this year. It would impose a 5 cent per round tax on ammunition, create and keep a database of who bought what ammo, and impose a $1000 fine for having ANY un-encoded ammo (historic, old stock, or reloaded) ... all reloading would be banned. At this point there is no manufacturer of ammo that is set up to do any encoding. Few, if any, manufacturers would be willing to retool just to service Maryland. This could very well be a ban on all ammo, period.

If you ever want to shoot, this affects you.

If we let this bill pass here it will make it easier for it to pass in other states around the country. We need to stop it here.

There are basically two ways to fight this bad piece of legislation -- show up at the Hearing, or contact the committee members and your representatives. It is best if you can do both.

Hearing

The Hearing for HB-517 will be in the House Bldg., 6 Bladen Street, Annapolis, in the Judicary Hearing room - on the first floor just to the left after you enter the House Bldg., at 1 PM on this Tuesday - February 26th.

see e-mail for more info.