WBAL TV in Baltimore Covers our Testimony in Maryland
Dr. John Lott talked to WBAL TV (Channel 11) in Baltimore about a bill creating gun-free zones in the state.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Hundreds of people signed up to testify before a Senate panel to oppose gun safety bills, and only three were in favor. Hundreds of pro-Second Amendment advocates carried signs and spoke out against any restrictions on their legal right to possess a firearm. Three people signed up to speak in support of the gun safety bills. The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee heard testimony Tuesday about a variety of legislation under the proposal, including the Gun Safety Act of 2023 (Senate Bill 1), which would impose restrictions on where Marylanders who have a permit to carry a concealed handgun can take their firearm. The bill prohibits the possession of a gun in any public place. “What the bill is going to do is basically make it impossible for people to carry a conceal-carry permit (for) handguns in this state,” said John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center. . . . “Right now, there’s like one out of every 55 adults in Maryland who has a conceal-carry permit. In Pennsylvania, it’s one in six. In Virginia and West Virginia, it’s one out of nine. There’s no move to undo the laws that are there,” Lott said. . . .
