The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee has removed SB 1 and SB 858 from consideration from Friday morning’s voting session. Instead, they’ll be taken up in a voting session on Tuesday next week (3/7).
What can you do?
You should absolutely respectfully talk with your lawmakers about your right to protect yourself. Don’t know which state senators and delegates represent you? Find out HERE. That tool also provides their email addresses and contact information.
Stay tuned to MSI for updates on all of these bills. If you use a calendar app, be sure to subscribe to our Gun Bill Tracker by inserting this link into it: https://bit.ly/3Z67kMq
This tracker follows legislation and lawmakers in the Maryland General Assembly. It serves as an easily searchable gun and self-defense-related bill database for supporters of the right to keep and bear arms.
For a simpler view of bills MSI has taken a position on, please see the supplementary table below.
Share this tracker anywhere! tinyurl.com/guntracker Key: Red ❌= Oppose Green ✅= Support Light Green ✅= Support with Amendment Blue ℹ️= Informational Testimony Only (provides knowledge for the committee on the bill without taking a position) Gray = Position Pending or None Taken
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Should you talk to your lawmakers about issues that affect your right to keep and bear arms for self-defense? Absolutely! Use these links to find the State lawmakers who represent you in the General Assembly and how to contact them.
Always be civil and speak on how a bill or bills directly affect you.
Emails are ok.
Phone calls are better.
Visits are the best.
Find your representatives HERE Committee Contacts can be found HERE
Maryland Shall Issue® (MSI) is an all-volunteer, non-partisan organization dedicated to the preservation and advancement of gun owners' rights in Maryland. It seeks to educate the community about the right of self-protection, the safe handling of firearms, and the responsibility that goes with carrying a firearm in public. MSI is recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization.