The same people that write the laws don’t have enough people to enforce them in Maryland:
More than 200 guns were sold to people legally barred from owning them as a surge in firearms sales last year overwhelmed Maryland’s background check system, according to state police.
One gun was sold to a man later accused of using it in a carjacking in Prince George’s County, police acknowledged in response to queries from The Baltimore Sun.
The sales occurred last year as part of a flurry before Maryland’s tough new gun law — enacted following the school massacre in Newtown, Conn. — took effect. With Maryland State Police unable to keep up with the flood of background checks, some dealers distributed firearms to customers after waiting seven days, as they were allowed to do under state law. With the backlog mounting, dealers released more than 50,000 guns before checks were completed, state police said.
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“Until this loophole is closed, we will continue to see ineligible individuals obtain handguns,” said Cardin, one of four Democrats running for state attorney general. “Unfortunately, that puts us all in danger while giving rightful gun owners a bad reputation.”
Gun rights advocates say they will fight Cardin’s bill as an infringement of citizens’ constitutional right to own firearms.
“This person who is purchasing this firearm is innocent until proven guilty,” said Kirchner, the Chestertown gun dealer. “It would be wrong to stop him from having his right.”
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