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WBAL TV in Baltimore and the Maryland Reporter Cover our Testimony in Maryland

Feb 10, 2023 | Media Coverage

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Dr. John Lott talked to WBAL TV (Channel 11) in Baltimore about a bill creating gun-free zones in the state. Lott was also interviewed by the Maryland Reporter shown below.

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. . . .

David Collins, “Hundreds lobby Annapolis over gun safety bills, mostly in support of gun rights,” WBAL TV, February 7, 2023.

Dr. John R. Lott Jr., founder of the Crime Prevention Research Center, said Maryland’s laws would be outliers.

“In fact, if you look across the country, there’s no state that adopted a right-to-carry law or a constitutional carry law that’s even had a legislative hearing afterwards to try to undo the law once it’s in place. There’s a lot of concerns and fears about things that might happen but look at the experience to see whether or not it happens or not.”

Capital News Service, “ACTIVISTS GATHER IN ANNAPOLIS AS HEARINGS BEGIN ON GUN CONTROL,” Capital News Service, February 7, 2023.

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