Hearing Set for Maryland Assault Weapon Ban of 2007!

Your Attendance is Crucial on Tuesday, February 27!

Senate Bill 43, “Assault Weapon Ban of 2007,” sponsored by Senator Michael Lenett (D-19), will be heard by the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee on Tuesday, February 27 at 1 P.M.

SB43 would designate specified firearms, including many semi-automatics as “assault weapons,” prohibit persons from transporting possessing, selling, offering to sell, transferring, or receiving a specified “assault weapon(s),” and require the Handgun Roster Board to compile and maintain a roster of prohibited specified “assault weapons.”

Please mark your calendar for Tuesday, February 27 at 1 P.M.  The hearing will be held in the Senate Judicial Proceeding Committee Room, which is located on the second floor of the Miller Senate Office Building, 11 Bladen Street, Annapolis, 21401.

If you are unable to attend, please call all the members of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee TODAY and urge them to OPPOSE Senate Bill 43.

Members and contact information for the Judicial Proceeding Committee are:

Senator Brian Frosh (D-16), Chair: (410) 841-3124

Senator Lisa Gladden (D-41), Vice-Chair: (410) 841-3697

Senator James Brochin (D-42): (410) 841-3648

Senator Jennie Forehand (D-17): (410) 841-3134

Senator Larry Haines (R-5): (410) 841-3683

Senator Nancy Jacobs (R-34): (410) 841-3158

Senator Alex Mooney (R-3): (410) 841-3575

Senator C. Anthony Muse (D-26): (410) 841-3092

Senator Jamin Raskin (D-20): (410) 841-3634

Senator Bryan Simonaire (R-31): (410) 841-3658

Senator Norman Stone (D-6): (410) 841-3587

A general contact number for the Maryland General Assembly is (410) 841-3000.

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