Grassroots referendum effort challenges Maryland gun bill

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A Montgomery County activist is pushing to put the fate of Gov. Martin O’Malley’s sweeping new gun restrictions before Maryland voters on the 2014 ballot.

After MDPetitions.com — the group responsible for getting three ultimately failed ballot measures before voters in 2012 — announced last month that it would not challenge the gun bill on the ballot in favor of joining an expected National Rifle Association lawsuit, Sue Payne decided she would take up the mantle.

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