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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Maryland gun applications soar as stricter control law looms »
by Jammie
Applications for gun purchases in Maryland are soaring ahead of the start of
a tough new firearms law that sets new magazine capacity limits and bans
the sale of certain types of assault weapons.
The Washington Times reported that state police received 85,141 gun-purchase
applications this year through Aug. 31. That’s compared with 70,099
applications in all of 2012 and 46,339 applications in 2011. Maryland State
Police have increased staffing to cope.
In August 2012, 38 employees were assigned to conduct background checks, but
this year 73 employees are doing that work, according to Sgt. Marc Black.
Black said 60 temporary staffers are also rotating hours.
“We’re looking at unprecedented numbers,” Maryland State Police Sgt. Marc
Black told the newspaper. “We saw this coming.”
So far, officials have processed 46,942 of this year’s applications. |
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