Maryland Governor Parris Glendening demonstrates mechanical gun locks on 3/22/2000, before a training session of local police officers being issued new duty sidearms. Lights, action and camera ...

	Forget the Oscars, showing up those NRA types will get me that cabinet slot under Gore for sure. What's a billion dollar surplus for if not to buy gun control for Bill and Hill so I can move up?
	What was it that cop said about never aligning the gun with hydraulics? I didn't know handguns had hydraulics ...
	!@#$%^&#, that was the PIN to my bank card. What was the combination again?
	"Oops."
	Okay, don't panic. What would Bill do? Yeah, buy time with some gun jokes.
	At least when this thing works I can shoot that lame brain press secretary.
	Ahh, good thing I've always got a cop near by.
	So much for that advice. Mental note: lame brain cop gets it too.
	Next time Kathleen Kennedy-Townsend says guns are "Icky" I'll know what she means!
	Here ... get this open now or it's no more donuts!
	Whew, finally! These gizmos are a piece of crap. Screw the NRA, I'll make its members have to use these things.

The next day, Parris Glendening's henchmen in the General Assembly abandoned Senate rules and brought to the floor the administration proposal to ban sale of all handguns which have these types of mechanical gadgets built in.