Tuesday, April 19, 2016

HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND GUN (CONTROL) LAWS : Charles Jerome Ware, LLC

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The State of Maryland's  key provisions regarding gun control laws are included in Maryland Code, Article 27, Sections 291A, 442, 481A, et seq. :
- Sort-barreled rifles and short-barreled shotguns are illegal in Maryland.
- The Waiting Period for purchasing a gun in Maryland is 7 days.
- The following persons may not own a gun in Maryland : (1) Fugitives from justice; (2) Convicted felons;  (3) Persons convicted of crimes of violence; (4) Drug addicts and/or habitual users of narcotics/amphetamines/barbituates; (5) Individuals who have spent more than 30 consecutive days in a mental institution for treatment; (6) Persons under the age of 21 years.
- Maryland law proscribes the possession of  a firearm on or near school grounds as a misdemeanor offense ( Article 27, Section 36A).

Thursday, April 14, 2016

LEAD ADDITIVE RESIDENTIAL PAINT DEFENSES : Landlord Lead Defense Attorneys-- Charles Jerome Ware, LLC

www.charlesjeromeware.com " Here to make a Difference.  Maryland-based, Nationally-respected."

Although the use of lead additives in residential paint ended in the United States in 1978 when lead paint was banned for consumer use by the federal government.  Legacy (old) lead-based paint continues to be an issue in many pre-1978 constructed houses and apartments.

 Legacy lead paint residue also can exist in abundance in dust, soil, in the water we drink and use, and even in the air we breathe. Besides just pre-1978 constructed houses and apartments, the air we breathe, the water we drink and use, dust and soil,  residual leaded paint and other sources of toxic lead also can be found in work clothes, public and commercial buildings,  many foreign-made products, active and inactive factories and other industrial sites, food and drinks, hobbies, pipes and plumbing fixtures, cooking and eating utensils, jewelry and cosmetics, legacy leaded gasoline, etc.

To be sure, older 20th century homes in the United States are more likely to contain lead-based paint :
- Between 1960 and 1977, 24% of homes contained lead-based paint;
- Between 1940 and 1959, 69% of homes contained lead-based paint; and
- Before 1940, 87% of homes contained lead-based paint.

Development of the Lead Additive Paint Defense begins when the landowner or landlord
purchases the rental property.  Good maintenance of the rental property, adequate notice to tenants, and good record-keeping and/or documentation are paramount  to successful avoidance of, and prevailing in, lead additive paint claims and lawsuits.


Friday, April 8, 2016

THE LEAD PAINT DEFENSE ALGORITHM : Charles Jerome Ware, LLC

www.charlesjeromeware.com  "Here to make a Difference. Maryland and D.C.-based, Nationally-respected." Charles Jerome Ware is a premier lead poisoning and lead paint defense attorney. For an initial courtesy consultation, contact him at (410) 720-6129 or (410) 730-5016.

Unfortunately, our Federal government was very slow to act to stop the manufacture of lead for use in gasoline as well as an additive in paint, despite evidence long ago of human health dangers. Interior house lead-based paint was banned by Congress in 1970 but it was still available in the marketplace until it was banned by the Federal government in 1978. Another major contributor to public lead poisoning --- leaded gasoline --- was banned in the United States in 1976.  In contrast, and to their credit, the foreign nations of  France, Belgium  and Austria were restricting the use of lead-based paint in their countries by 1909. In 1922, the League of  Nations called for a complete ban on lead-based paint for indoor use. By 1934, the countries of Tunisia, Greece, Australia, Czechoslovakia, Great Britain, Sweden, Belgium, Spain, Yugoslavia and Cuba had all restricted the use of lead paint.

Lead (Pb) does not just go away. This soft, malleable, useful, utilitarian, physically harmful (when inhaled or ingested), and heavy metal (Atomic Number 82) has a scientific "half-life" of over 500,000 years, does not dissolve in water, nor decay, nor dissipate, nor burn.   Lead just lasts, and lasts, and lasts. Lead is believed to have first been mined and used by societies and civilizations as early as 4,000 B.C. --- over 6,000 years ago. Its use has been prolific since then. Scientists and other researchers estimate there are billions of pounds and multi-millions of metric tons of lead currently
in the earth's environment.

Unfortunately for residential rental landlords in major metropolitan areas such as Baltimore and Washington, D.C., the vast majority of lead poisoning claims and lawsuits are being brought by  residential rental tenants living in pre-1978 built apartments and houses, against landlords alleging lead paint poisoning.  In reality, the truth is that
toxic lead is just about everywhere in these lead "hot spots", including : the air we breathe, the water we drink and use, the food and drink we ingest, the dust and soil around us, factories and other industrial work  sites (active and inactive), toys and furniture, jewelry and cosmetics, other buildings and products, foreign-made products, etc. In sum, there are many other sources of toxic lead poisoning than just lead paint in rental residences.

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Excerpt from  Chapter 6 of the best-selling book,  THE SECRET SCIENCE OF WINNING LOTTERIES, SWEEPSTAKES AND CONYESTE : Laws, Strategies, Formulas and Statistics,
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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Baltimore Housing Demolition as Source of Ambient Lead Dust (Pb) : Charles Jerome Ware, LLC

www.charlesjeromeware.com  " Here to make a Difference."

In Baltimore and elsewhere in the United States --- particularly since the year 2000 or so ---
urban redevelopment efforts have included the demolition of aging housing and other buildings.
Over 1.8 million U.S. housing units (houses and apartments) are believed to have been in the
decade of 2000 alone, many of which contained lead (Pb) in paint and dust. These older (legacy)
residential which contain lead paint have been of particular public health concern --- especially for children under the age of 6 who inhale or ingest leaded paint and dust.

Exterior dust is a public health concern in the Baltimore area --- and rightly so --- because it is a
pathway of ambient lead (Pb) exposure and a potential source of residential exposure by way of tracking , as well as  reacrosolization and redeposition.  In urban demolition of residential units, care must be taken to control related lead (Pb) deposition and to educate planners, contractors, and health and housing agencies. This is particularly important given the large numbers of aging U.S. dwellings that will be razed as part of future urban redevelopment.

[ Attorney Charles Ware is a premier, Maryland-based, nationally-respected defense attorney who has successfully represented numerous defendants in lead paint, leaded dust, and lead poisoning cases
in Baltimore , the District of Columbia, and throughout the United States. For an initial courtesy consultation, contact Attorney Charles Jerome Ware at (410) 720-6129  or  (410) 730-5016.]