Maryland proposes tax on ammunition...5cents per round!!
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True, but having used hexadecimal in my networking class you run into the problem of a B looking like an 8, a D looking like a 0. If you are doing hexadecimal quickly it is easy enough to do and I got several questions wrong on my tests because of that.
It would be even worse when the bullet is damaged from the impact. So regardless of what numbering system you use, it would be impractical.
It would be even worse when the bullet is damaged from the impact. So regardless of what numbering system you use, it would be impractical." I never said it would actually work, only that base 10 is inefficient when using high orders of numbers."
Also, don't forget that the legislators who propose these things could care less if it works or not. They just want to make legally owning and shooting guns more difficult. Once they've made it difficult, *then* they can go to work on making it impossible.
Tim
Also, don't forget that the legislators who propose these things could care less if it works or not. They just want to make legally owning and shooting guns more difficult. Once they've made it difficult, *then* they can go to work on making it impossible.
Tim
Two points as it relates to this bill:
1). After 2010, it would be illegal to reload. The possession of non-serialized ammo after 2010 would be prohibited.
2). The numbering system won't work, which is what they want. This would be a defacto gun ban.....no manufacturer in the world could/would comply with this bill for a small state like MD. You'll notice thatthey conveniently exempt law enforcement agencies from the serialization requirements.
That is a weakness of the bill. Coupled with the fact that there are zero provisions for LEOs who lost ammo, sold it, or gave it away. A campaign to erase the LEO exemption would find the "support" seriously eroded.
While you're at it. There are several shotguns on the regulated weapons list. How do they expect that requirement to work for them?
The entire premise is ridiculous. It is also backed by more junk science. Maryland spends hundreds of thousands of dollars establishing up to date records on fired shell casings as it is. This would simply add to the expense, with the same results, a political black hole.
You'll notice where any excess funds go? Why, they're earmarked for the General Fund, the pork pot-pie.
Another weakness is the wording. They require this ammunition for handguns, and restricted weapons, ONLY. There is no provision for the "only" to be determined. .22 lr ammunition used in rifles is, by definition, exempted. So would 9mm and .45 ACP used in the Marlin Camp rifles, or the High Poinr Carbines, or the Ruger Carbines. Under the proposed law, anyone stating that their use of those calibers in long-guns not on the regulated list, would have to be able to purchase ammunition without the tax.
Handloading would not actually be proscribed, as any long-gun caliber not associated with the list would be allowed. I would think that any caliber used in the various long-guns, as mentioned above, would also be exempted.
This is going to be a series of disasters for out-of-state hunters, as well. The Eastern Shore, and the Western Counties derive a substantial amount of revenue from hunters. That would soon dry up. It would be illegal for you to possess unserialized cartridges, or reloaded cartridges, in many popular calibers.
Time to fire up the media machines, like the Washington Post, with demands that there be NO EXCEPTIONS to the law, and severe PENALTIES visited on any state organization that loses ammunition into the public. The Post, being knee-jerk antis, should at least publicize the information, if not actively support the ideas. Painting the politicians supporting the bill as anti-law, and faced with a loss of support from state agencies, it should die a quick death.
After all, it's for the Children!!:barf:
While you're at it. There are several shotguns on the regulated weapons list. How do they expect that requirement to work for them?
The entire premise is ridiculous. It is also backed by more junk science. Maryland spends hundreds of thousands of dollars establishing up to date records on fired shell casings as it is. This would simply add to the expense, with the same results, a political black hole.
You'll notice where any excess funds go? Why, they're earmarked for the General Fund, the pork pot-pie.
Another weakness is the wording. They require this ammunition for handguns, and restricted weapons, ONLY. There is no provision for the "only" to be determined. .22 lr ammunition used in rifles is, by definition, exempted. So would 9mm and .45 ACP used in the Marlin Camp rifles, or the High Poinr Carbines, or the Ruger Carbines. Under the proposed law, anyone stating that their use of those calibers in long-guns not on the regulated list, would have to be able to purchase ammunition without the tax.
Handloading would not actually be proscribed, as any long-gun caliber not associated with the list would be allowed. I would think that any caliber used in the various long-guns, as mentioned above, would also be exempted.
This is going to be a series of disasters for out-of-state hunters, as well. The Eastern Shore, and the Western Counties derive a substantial amount of revenue from hunters. That would soon dry up. It would be illegal for you to possess unserialized cartridges, or reloaded cartridges, in many popular calibers.
Time to fire up the media machines, like the Washington Post, with demands that there be NO EXCEPTIONS to the law, and severe PENALTIES visited on any state organization that loses ammunition into the public. The Post, being knee-jerk antis, should at least publicize the information, if not actively support the ideas. Painting the politicians supporting the bill as anti-law, and faced with a loss of support from state agencies, it should die a quick death.
After all, it's for the Children!!:barf:
JR47,
The wording of the bill is quite insidious and clever in an evil sort of way.
It states that ammunition >capable< of being used in any regulated firearm is subject to the provisions of the bill.
12 gauge AA trap loads are >capable< of being used in a Franchi SPAS 12 shotgun which is a regulated firearm in MD. Since those shells are >capable< of being used in that firearm and there is no way to serialize #7 shot, there will be no 12 gauge shot shells available in the state of MD.
The same would be true of .22lr. it is capable of being used in a 22lr handgun and would therefore have to comply.
The bill is an absolute POS, for sure, but just because it is doesn't make it dangerous.
The wording of the bill is quite insidious and clever in an evil sort of way.
It states that ammunition >capable< of being used in any regulated firearm is subject to the provisions of the bill.
12 gauge AA trap loads are >capable< of being used in a Franchi SPAS 12 shotgun which is a regulated firearm in MD. Since those shells are >capable< of being used in that firearm and there is no way to serialize #7 shot, there will be no 12 gauge shot shells available in the state of MD.
The same would be true of .22lr. it is capable of being used in a 22lr handgun and would therefore have to comply.
The bill is an absolute POS, for sure, but just because it is doesn't make it dangerous.
When Kali was considering this POS the discussion quickly turned to how one would need to make sure they collected all of their brass at the range. All that would be necessary would be for the gangsters to go to the range and collect spent brass off of the floor to reload. Then when they do a drive-by, with the firearm hanging out the window spraying spent brass everywhere, you get the knock -- yeah, right -- on the door at 0-dark-thirty.
Limeyfellow
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The thing happens the same with the likes of the lottery. In NC particularly for years everyone just crossed the border to Virginia and South Carolina to buy lottery tickets. The same applies to cigarettes tax where they cross the state border too.