City of Baltimore - File #: 07-0340R

• File #: 07-0340R
• Version: 0
• Name: Request for State Legislation - Exempt Baltimore City from the State Preemption of Firearm Regulation
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 10/29/2007
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 11/26/2007
• Title: Request for State Legislation - Exempt Baltimore City from the State Preemption of Firearm Regulation FOR the purpose of requesting that the Honorable Chair and Members of the Baltimore City Senate and House Delegations to the 2008 Maryland General Assembly introduce legislation amending the current State law that preempts the right of any local jurisdiction from regulating the sale of regulated firearms to exclude Baltimore City.
• Sponsors: James B. Kraft, Robert Curran, Mary Pat Clarke
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/26/2007	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably
11/26/2007	0	City Council	Adopted
11/1/2007	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
11/1/2007	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
11/1/2007	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
10/29/2007	0	City Council	Introduced
10/29/2007	0	City Council	Assigned
10/29/2007	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Kraft


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Request for State Legislation - Exempt Baltimore City from the State Preemption of Firearm Regulation

FOR the purpose of requesting that the Honorable Chair and Members of the Baltimore City Senate and House Delegations to the 2008 Maryland General Assembly introduce legislation amending the current State law that preempts the right of any local jurisdiction from regulating the sale of regulated firearms to exclude Baltimore City.
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Recitals

Baltimore City is facing a crisis in terms of homicides and violent crimes. According to recent reports, the rate of involvement of guns in Baltimore homicides has steadily increased since 2002. In 2002, 72% of all murders were gun-related; in 2003, 77% were gun-related, and in 2006, a chilling 82% of Baltimore City homicides were gun-related. These reports also show that nonfatal shootings are rising faster than Baltimore City's homicide rate-up 35 percent by the end of June.

Currently, Title 5, Section 104, of the Maryland State Code preempts local jurisdictions from regulating the sale etc. Despite the strength and uniformity of the law, gun violence is not evenly distributed across Maryland. According to reports, in 1999, 12% of Marylanders lived in Baltimore City. That year, 40% of the State's gun deaths were Baltimore City residents. Baltimore continues to account ...