MDGOP Update
Maryland is in a crime crisis.
While Governor Wes Moore is claiming in his State of the State Address that "crime is down across the state," the statistics paint a much dimmer picture. Take a look at just a few examples:
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Violent Firearms Offenders Act of 2024
- Increases penalties for violent offenders, closes the “drug dealer loophole,” and penalizes knowingly transferring a gun for a crime. This bill has passed in the Senate previously with bipartisan support.
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Safe Communities Act of 2024
- Ensures violent offenders serve the duration of their sentence and keeps repeat offenders off the streets by denying them bail.
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Gun Theft Felony Act of 2024
- Makes the theft of a firearm a felony, a critical tool in getting illegal guns off the streets.
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Drug-Free Roadways Act of 2024
- Reverses the ban on police searching vehicles based on the smell of cannabis, getting drug-impaired drivers off the road and restoring an important law-enforcement tool for confiscating illegal guns.
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- Corrects recent misguided laws that have made it effectively impossible to hold juvenile criminals accountable. Allows juveniles to be interviewed by police with parental consent, requires juveniles who commit a crime with a gun to be tried in the juvenile court system, and eliminates the "catch and release" approach to repeat juvenile criminals.