"Maryland currently has more than 310 separate laws and regulations governing the sale, possession and use of guns. Many work well; some do not. Ineffective laws divert resources away from our common goals: reducing the number of illegal guns on the streets and lowering violent crime." -- Republican Robert L. Ehrlich Jr, candidate for Governor of Maryland.

Ehrlich was summarily branded as an "extremist" and a pawn for the NRA by his democratic challenger, Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend. Vincent DeMarco, former executive director of Marylanders Against Handgun Ownersh... er, Abuse added, "That's an outrageous pro-gun position." He went on to insult an entire state by saying, "he's not running for governor of Mississippi. He's running for governor of a state that is strongly pro-gun control."