Posted on 01/03/2011 4:11:26 AM PST by marktwain
When former Frederick County Sheriff Robert C. Snyder applied for a right-to-carry gun permit several years ago, he had every reason to believe it would be granted.
The former lawman had served for 24 years on the Maryland State Police and was sheriff for eight years.
"I wanted a revolver to carry in my car," Snyder recalled. "I wanted one for protection if we were traveling."
Imagine his surprise at learning that the Maryland State Police denied his permit application. Snyder said he was told a permit would be granted only if his life were threatened and he had documentation to prove it.
Ultimately he was awarded the permit thanks to an effort by Frederick County Delegation Chairman Paul Stull, but Snyder said the experience made him wonder if he -- a former sheriff -- had so much trouble, how would the average person fare?
That incident is one reason Snyder supports a legislative proposal that would give the current Frederick County sheriff the responsibility to issue right-to-carry permits, rather than Maryland State Police.
"(Sheriff Chuck Jenkins) knows the people here and he knows the bad elements that would be trying to get a gun moreso than someone in Baltimore or Pikesville," Snyder said. "I think it's good and I support him totally."
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It just transfers MD’s corrupt and abusive discretionary permitting system to the local level. There’s no real reform unless its “shall issue” - which means law enforcement MUST grant you a permit unless they can show why you shouldn’t have one.
Precisely.
There are over a million applicants for deer hunting permits per year alone.
Why do you think the left wants to control guns?
A well armed militia is a the stalwart to defeating the socialist take over of America.
Now you do it.
That a*hole who runs the Brady Bunch, Paul 'something' (Henke?), will see that and revise it to:
Right Wing Extremists admit that there are over a millionHe's already calling all (scoped) 'Hunting' Rifles , 'Sniper' Rifles on their website (saw it about a year ago) and wants them banned (HUGH surprise - not).applicants for deer hunting permits per year alonepotential SNIPERS in the USA.
“It just transfers MD’s corrupt and abusive discretionary system...”
Why in the world should Maryland State Police have the authority for this? In this specific case, how many bad guys did he lock up during all those years of law enforcement? Cops may forget the people they arrest, but the people always remember the cop who arrested them. Sounds to me like MSP simply has a NO stamp to any paperwork that crosses their desks. IMHO
Ultimately he was awarded the permit thanks to an effort by Frederick County Delegation Chairman Paul Stull, but Snyder said the experience made him wonder if he — a former sheriff — had so much trouble, how would the average person fare?
I can tell him how we fare.
We don’t friggin fare at all.
Imagine his surprise when his fraternity of Badge Carriers refused him a permit.
Most Marylanders don’t have to worry about being surprised, we know when we apply that we are wasting our time.
Ping.
We know how that goes down.
Fascists believe in gun control.
and conversely:
People who believe in gun control are fascists.
Wow it must suck to be him. What a shock it must have been when a member of the badge toting aristocracy joins the serfs and is treated like a nobody. Welcome to the real world buddy, now shut up and pay your taxes! I’m so glad I live in the backward, racist, barefooted, illiterate, hicksville state of Mississippi where your car is considered an extension of your home and you can carry anything you want in your car!
It is time for revolution in MD.
Makes me wonder who he made mad at the state police when he left.
“Wow it must suck to be him. What a shock it must have been when a member of the badge toting aristocracy joins the serfs and is treated like a nobody. Welcome to the real world buddy, now shut up and pay your taxes! I’m so glad I live in the backward, racist, barefooted, illiterate, hicksville state of Mississippi where your car is considered an extension of your home and you can carry anything you want in your car!”
Ditto for Nevada! In spite of being home to one of the biggest slime balls in the gov. it has its good points.
Yeah, I think it’s one Paul Helmke (sp) at the Brady Bunch.
Some U.N. bureaucrat has the same idea: scoped rifles in standard calibers are “medium range sniper weapons” and should be banned.
And we thought all the Bradys wanted to ban were handguns.
Well, Mrs. Brady, some of us RWE’s own more than one scoped rifle and maybe several handguns as well, howzabout them apples, hmmm?
Yet another reminder of the wisdom of Admiral Yamamoto who predicted that if America were invaded, “there would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.” He said that seventy years ago, and today’s hunting rifles are far more advanced technologically than in 1941.
Now BATFE is targetting rifle sales in the Southwest.
“Gun control is a tide that is always coming in.”
Sue, sue and more suing. It is all we have down here.
Not a moment too soon. I'm movng back in a year or so (God help me) to take care of aging family members. I'm bringing a whole busload of guns and ammo with me, too. The majority of them are proabably illegal in MD, but I don't much care.
What I hear from the state just north, you will not be alone.
I still prefer it to MSP, which would apparently rather see us at the mercy of predators outside our homes, rather than having us defend ourselves.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
“documentation to prove it.”
Just what documentation would that be?
A (possibly made-up) hand-scrawled threatening note? Notarized by the local pharmacist?
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