How bad is Maryland?

[Ohen Cepel]

Norton-sorry to hear that you're here that long! I had hopes (for your sake) that you could get transferred out of here.


Cavman-I'm stuck here for another year or so. Frederick is pretty nice, not nearly as bad as the strip around B'more and towards DC. However, I'm not a fan of the place at all. I've lived in many places and with the exception of some real nasty 3rd world places MD is on the bottom of my list.

 

[Norton]

Norton, I commend your fighting spirit. It's the hard work of people like you that has probably prevented MD from having even worse gun legislation passed.

However, I must ask: if your wife was retiring next year instead of in 2019, would you stay in MD and suffer the anti-freedom atmosphere and continue fighting? Or would you seek safe haven in another state with more tolerable gun laws?

I've done more than some and a whole lot less than others......

I see your point re:retirement and bailing out. However, for our particular situation, the move to MD was related to the military position and nothing else. Hence, post-military there would be no reason for us to continue to be here. Besides, we'll both still need jobs and undoubtably her job, in particular, will lead us elsewhere.

I'm not preaching, and I certainly respect the right of everyone to live where it best suits their particular needs. I'm just pointing out the obvious that one can only run so far before it becomes necessary to stand and fight.

 

[Norton]

[/QUOTE]Norton-sorry to hear that you're here that long! I had hopes (for your sake) that you could get transferred out of here.
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It's too bad her posting is in MD Her job is a permanent duty station.....

 

[American By Blood]

A common occurrence around Columbia: Police cars patrol apartment parking lots, looking for out of state plates. At certain intervals (monthly?), they pull over cars leaving the parking lot with out-of-state plates, asking how long you've lived there. If the answer is more than 60 days, you'll be issued a significant ticket ($100+ IIRC) on the spot for not having MD plates yet. It's a creepy revenue raising tactic, and a waste of time considering there is plenty of property crime in the area to deal with.

Today as I was driving through a residential neighborhood near my home, I came across a police officer who was standing in the middle of the street. He was peering into each car as it slowed approaching a stop sign. At first I had no idea what he was doing, but then it dawned on me: he was checking to make sure everyone was wearing a seatbelt. I remember reading in the local paper recently about a "crackdown" on people who violate the seatbelt law. "Nanny state" really is an apt term for Maryland, and for the most part the people who live here seem to be very pleased about it.

Maryland is bad about policing. Very bad.

But Columbia takes the cake. It's downright creepy there. There's a feeling of armed micromanagement in the air. You'll notice it if you walk around for a few minutes.

The last time I was there was at the end of the Summer to see "Serenity" with some friends. There were ads before the movie started and one of them was for Columbia's community association. It was eerie. The commercial looked and sounded like one of those fake dystopian future OCP spots from "Robocop". Fitting.

 

[roscoe]

Rumor is that Maryland is an open rifle carry state. I am waiting to see if someone tries it.

Buy ALL the guns you might want before moving there. 'Assault pistols' are a no-no. Otherwise, Everything not class III can be brought in.

 

[pcf]

Buy ALL the guns you might want before moving there. 'Assault pistols' are a no-no. Otherwise, Everything not class III can be brought in.

Any handgun that is on the MDSP Handgun Roster can be brought into the state. If it's not on the roster it's illegal to bring into the state.

http://www.mdsp.org/services/handgun.asp

No Valtro or H-S presicion pistols are allowed. (I know they're Saturday Night Specials....... )

Maryland is a decent state for NFA items, the CLEO for the state, the Maryland State Police, is a guaranteed signature.

 

[molonlabe]

This person covered it in another post, learned some things I didn't know.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=2379752&postcount=14

 

[usp9]

I used to live in the PDRM...

...in Prince Georges county no less, but moved when the horrible schools made it impossible to stay. We moved to Virginia and never looked back.

I was one of the (apparently), few people that had a carry permit issued by the PDRM. I can tell you it was an eye opening experience getting it, quite difficult and restrictive. In contrast to Virginia where the permit is easy to apply for, is processed quickly and has very few restrictions.

Most of Maryland is, believe it or not pretty conservative. The exceptions are P.G. county, Montgomery county (otherwise known as San Fransico East), and Baltimore. These three areas are very liberal and unfortunately very populous. The rest of the state is normal.

Good luck with your move. At least the area has many aminities to offer and a huge number of sightseeing opportunities.