City of Baltimore - File #: 06-0120R

• File #: 06-0120R
• Version: 0
• Name: Investigative Hearing - Are Existing Local, State, and Federal Laws Sufficient to Prohibit the Use of BB, Pellet, and Paintball Guns in Baltimore City?
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 1/9/2006
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 12/7/2006
• Title: Investigative Hearing - Are Existing Local, State, and Federal Laws Sufficient to Prohibit the Use of BB, Pellet, and Paintball Guns in Baltimore City? FOR the purpose of determining if current laws are effective in controlling the use of BB, pellet and paintball guns by minors; investigating laws in other states to determine what measures have been effective in jurisdictions across the country, and ascertaining at what government level changes are needed to address the problems associated with the use of lookalike guns by minors, by closing loopholes in existing law or by adopting new statutes.
• Sponsors: Helen L. Holton, Kenneth Harris, President Dixon, James B. Kraft, Robert Curran, Stephanie Rawlings Blake, Belinda Conaway, Agnes Welch, Edward Reisinger, Paula Johnson Branch, Mary Pat Clarke
• Indexes: Paintball, Pellet Guns

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/7/2006	0	Public Safety Subcommittee	Recommended Favorably
12/7/2006	0	City Council	Adopted
10/30/2006	0	Public Safety Subcommittee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
1/12/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/12/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/12/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/12/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/12/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/12/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/9/2006	0	City Council	Introduced
1/9/2006	0	City Council	Assigned

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Investigative Hearing - Are Existing Local, State, and Federal Laws Sufficient to Prohibit the Use of BB, Pellet, and Paintball Guns in Baltimore City?

FOR the purpose of determining if current laws are effective in controlling the use of BB, pellet and paintball guns by minors; investigating laws in other states to determine what measures have been effective in jurisdictions across the country, and ascertaining at what government level changes are needed to address the problems associated with the use of lookalike guns by minors, by closing loopholes in existing law or by adopting new statutes.

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