The state of Maryland passed a knee-jerk gun control law last week making it extremely difficult for one of its most loyal employers to do business within its borders. In fact gun manufacturer Beretta says the new Maryland law – which bans the importation and warehousing of high-capacity magazines (among other restrictions) – will result in the company shifting future capital investment outside of the state.
“The idea now of investing additional funds in Maryland and thus rewarding a government that has insulted our customers and our products is offensive to us so we will take steps to evaluate such investments in other states,” the company said last week in a statement.
The Maryland bill – championed by liberal governor (and 2016 Democratic presidential prospect) Martin O’Malley – restricts the number of rounds allowed in magazines to ten. It also imposes a ban on certain “assault rifles,” as well as a flood of new regulations related to purchasing firearms.
Maryland is the third state – following New York and Connecticut – to pass strict anti-Second Amendment laws in the wake of last December’s school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.
In addition to their total lack of effectiveness and dubious constitutionality, “gun control” laws are also bad for business.
“Maryland has now snubbed a company that makes significant contributions to the state’s coffers,” writes of Guns.com. “And Beretta won’t be bullied. This debacle is Maryland’s loss.”
And another state’s gain …
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Governess Nikki to the rescue!
I’m sure that she’s already on it……
FITS would-be boss, Jim Hodges, sure sold us a bill-of-goods on the lottery…
All the dolts lining up to give their money to the government, don’t get none back…
Told you….
Actually, with a lottery, you do have a snowball in Hell’s chance of seeing your money returned (and them some). With taxes, you kiss that money goodbye, never to be seen again.
If you are on food stamps, welfare or live in gov’t housing, you live off other people’s taxes. And those are the lottery players…So it’s about the same…
Wrong article, genius.
WTF are you talking about, idiot?…i commented about gun control…Are you blind?
This post is about the gun debate, right?
It doesn’t matter— T’s against everything.
I’m for Freedom, idiot…you gone audit me now???…LMAO….
It is “Are you going to audit me now?”. Dumb@$$
Freedom to marry who you love! Awesome, T!
Yeah: I know all kinds of gays who are married. They can get the Universalist Unitarian, many “ministers” or the church of the poison mind…to perform a marriage ceremony. I don’t care about that and it’s None of my business. They are free to do whatever they want…
You just cannot stand it if other Americans do not want to accept your Determination that sexual preference is a club to beat opponents and a civil right…
Like the NAZIs you want to Force others to believe as you do…
What are you talking about???…and why do you hate the Crimson Tide???..are you a Dumb@$$ Cam Newton-Auburn fan???
Hey, guys! T’s learned to use the edit button to fight us!! Congrats, idiot!!
I’m sure that she’s already on it……
I love how you link to your own article that proves no such thing. After all, the states and regions with the most permissive gun laws also have the highest murder rates and most gun violence.
Like Chicago, for instance…
The great state of Chicago!
Noticed another blog posting, so thought I would do a comparison of data from 1976 to 2011, as that was when the first gun ban was implemented in Washington D.C.
Seems anti gun forces believe strict gun control reduces violence/murders, so posted the reduction in murder rates and put the Brady Score next to it to see if there was some sort of correlation.
One would think if strict gun control laws did indeed have an effect, one would see all the high Brady scores correlated with the highest reduction in murder rates, while in fact it shows no correlation as the higher Brady scores are distributed throughout the entire range of states, with multiple states which have essentially NO Brady socre by their standards, in the top 10 in reductions of murders.
Amazing how it points to OTHER variables as being linked to such issues, as population diversification, population movement, economic factors, maybe you people should be looking at that other stuff?
Brady Score / Reduction in murder rate since 1976-2011 / State
25 -80.6% Michigan
2 -76.4% N Dakota
14 -67.0% Minnesota
81 -64.6% California
2 -63.9% Kentucky
4 -63.3% Mississippi
2 -61.1% Montana
4 -60.6% Arkansas
26 -59.7% Pennsylvania
72 -58.3% New Jersey
2 -57.8% Louisiana
50 -57.4% Hawaii
15 -56.6% Colorado
4 -54.8% Missouri
-53.6% District of Columbia
58 -53.4% Conneticut
6 -52.3% Vermont
35 -51.4% Illinois
4 -50.0% Texas
2 -47.3% Idaho
15 -45.6% Oregon
65 -45.5% Massachusetts
4 -45.2% Wyoming
0 -44.2% Alaska
8 -44.1% Tennessee
6 -44.0% New Hampshire
3 -41.4% Florida
4 -40.0% New Mexico
7 -39.1% Iowa
7 -36.0% Ohio
0 -35.8% Utah
16 -34.8% N Carolina
2 -34.7% Oklahoma
7 -34.4% Maine
15 -32.4% Washington
44 -27.4% Rhode Island
8 -25.9% South Carolina
62 -20.5% New York
4 -22.7% Kansas
8 -20.0% Georgia
0 -20.0% Arizona
4 -18.0% W Virginia
4 -17.3% Indiana
14 -15.6% Alabama
13 -15.2% Delaware
12 -15.2% Virginia
4 -14.1% S Dakota
45 16.1% Maryland
5 24.1% Nevada
3 47.1% Wisconsin
5 150.0% Nebraska
I love how you link to your own article that proves no such thing. After all, the states and regions with the most permissive gun laws also have the highest murder rates and most gun violence.
Like Chicago, for instance…
The great state of Chicago!
Noticed another blog posting, so thought I would do a comparison of data from 1976 to 2011, as that was when the first gun ban was implemented in Washington D.C.
Seems anti gun forces believe strict gun control reduces violence/murders, so posted the reduction in murder rates and put the Brady Score next to it to see if there was some sort of correlation.
One would think if strict gun control laws did indeed have an effect, one would see all the high Brady scores correlated with the highest reduction in murder rates, while in fact it shows no correlation as the higher Brady scores are distributed throughout the entire range of states, with multiple states which have essentially NO Brady socre by their standards, in the top 10 in reductions of murders.
Amazing how it points to OTHER variables as being linked to such issues, as population diversification, population movement, economic factors, maybe you people should be looking at that other stuff?
Brady Score / Reduction in murder rate since 1976-2011 / State
25 -80.6% Michigan
2 -76.4% N Dakota
14 -67.0% Minnesota
81 -64.6% California
2 -63.9% Kentucky
4 -63.3% Mississippi
2 -61.1% Montana
4 -60.6% Arkansas
26 -59.7% Pennsylvania
72 -58.3% New Jersey
2 -57.8% Louisiana
50 -57.4% Hawaii
15 -56.6% Colorado
4 -54.8% Missouri
-53.6% District of Columbia
58 -53.4% Conneticut
6 -52.3% Vermont
35 -51.4% Illinois
4 -50.0% Texas
2 -47.3% Idaho
15 -45.6% Oregon
65 -45.5% Massachusetts
4 -45.2% Wyoming
0 -44.2% Alaska
8 -44.1% Tennessee
6 -44.0% New Hampshire
3 -41.4% Florida
4 -40.0% New Mexico
7 -39.1% Iowa
7 -36.0% Ohio
0 -35.8% Utah
16 -34.8% N Carolina
2 -34.7% Oklahoma
7 -34.4% Maine
15 -32.4% Washington
44 -27.4% Rhode Island
8 -25.9% South Carolina
62 -20.5% New York
4 -22.7% Kansas
8 -20.0% Georgia
0 -20.0% Arizona
4 -18.0% W Virginia
4 -17.3% Indiana
14 -15.6% Alabama
13 -15.2% Delaware
12 -15.2% Virginia
4 -14.1% S Dakota
45 16.1% Maryland
5 24.1% Nevada
3 47.1% Wisconsin
5 150.0% Nebraska
Maryland is a one party state run by Demonrats.
… it’s also a tax hell.
Maryland is a one party state run by Demonrats.
… it’s also a tax hell.
One has to remember that Nancy Pelosi’s Daddy was once Guv of Mary-Land.
Shit happens.
Maybe we can get them to move down here next door to FN….
Na, the gun company executives want to sell guns to rednecks not live with them.
Tommy — Thomas D’Alesandro, Jr. (Nancy’s Daddy) was mayor of Baltimore not gubbernor.
One has to remember that Nancy Pelosi’s Daddy was once Guv of Mary-Land.
Shit happens.
Maybe we can get them to move down here next door to FN….
Na, the gun company executives want to sell guns to rednecks not live with them.
Tommy — Thomas D’Alesandro, Jr. (Nancy’s Daddy) was mayor of Baltimore not gubbernor.
I don’t understand the problem here. Frackin yankees want to disarm, fuckem.
Have a Great Day!! :) There won’t be many left with the Demlicans and Republicrats in charge.
Frank Pytel
I don’t understand the problem here. Frackin yankees want to disarm, fuckem.
Have a Great Day!! :) There won’t be many left with the Demlicans and Republicrats in charge.
Frank Pytel
Beretta’s a big boy, let them move. Here’s a tip, move south. Plenty of red states to choose from.
Beretta’s a big boy, let them move. Here’s a tip, move south. Plenty of red states to choose from.
There is a reason that cowboys often wore a gun on both hips. Where there is a will there will always be a way.
There is a reason that cowboys often wore a gun on both hips. Where there is a will there will always be a way.
I’d pack my shit and leave the place if I were Beretta. Tough gun laws work, just look at all of the violence in Chicago this past weekend. Fucktard Liberals.
I’d pack my shit and leave the place if I were Beretta. Tough gun laws work, just look at all of the violence in Chicago this past weekend. Fucktard Liberals.
What is wrong with you people? How come you didn’t get a dick when you were born,but still need a fake one? What do ya’ll do with the fucking guns? Kill your meat,freeze it,and make venison cheeseburgers for the next ten years?
This is the funniest,saddest,gayest bullshit I’ve ever read on this blog.Absolutely pathetic. You goddamn redneck motherfuckers are afraid of everything.What a bunch of no account,cowardly cunts you are..
Stand down gayboy!
What is wrong with you people? How come you didn’t get a dick when you were born,but still need a fake one? What do ya’ll do with the fucking guns? Kill your meat,freeze it,and make venison cheeseburgers for the next ten years?
This is the funniest,saddest,gayest bullshit I’ve ever read on this blog.Absolutely pathetic. You goddamn redneck motherfuckers are afraid of everything.What a bunch of no account,cowardly cunts you are..
Stand down gayboy!