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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And this is why every Tom Dick and Harry should not be allowed to own a gun.

Things happen in life and people lose it.

Lethal means of "coping" should not be at the ready in our society.[/quote]

It is likely that this guy would’ve been denied a carry permit based on history. In any event there is no indication in the coverage that he carried the firearm lawfully and he certainly did not use it lawfully. Blaming this individual’s alleged action on a firearm also ignores that he had a several thousand pound deadly weapon that he was riding in. [/quote]

A different article says he had a firearm registered to his name.[/quote]

“A firearm registered in his name” means he was the lawful owner of one. He had been ordered to surrender all firearms. That order was later withdrawn. If he had already complied he’d have had to go through the same process to get it back as when originally purchased from a dealer.

In any event, lawful ownership of a firearm does not (at least in Maryland) authorize a person to carry it, other than unloaded and cased to the range, repair shop, place of surrender. To lawfully carry a handgun in Maryland a person must have a wear and carry permit, issued (completely separately from the license required to buy a handgun) only after completion of a state-mandated training course, a range qualification, fingerprinting, photographs, and a comprehensive background check, not to mention a significant processing delay.  A domestic violence history could have resulted in denial of a permit.

So I’m not sure what the point is. Even if he had a carry permit he certainly had no right to misuse a firearm to commit murder.  And the Mercedes Benz he is linked to certainly is as deadly as a firearm if misused. [/quote]

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