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Full 4th Circuit to consider Maryland’s handgun licensing requirement
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to reconsider a case that centers on the constitutionality of Maryland's handgun licensing requirement.
Federal misdemeanor conviction means no gun in Md.
A Queen Anne’s County man who was convicted of a federal misdemeanor in 1999 was rightfully denied a handgun qualification license under Maryland law, the state’s second-highest court ruled this […]
4th Circuit appears ready to strike Md. handgun licensing law
A three-judge federal appeals court panel appears poised to strike down as unconstitutional Maryland’s training and licensing requirement for would-be handgun purchasers.
New Md. officeholders mean new captions for old court appeals
The change from Gov. Larry Hogan to Gov. Wes Moore will occur with much less fanfare in the clerk’s office of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Md. handgun licensing lacks historical roots, gun group tells 4th Circuit
Maryland’s licensing requirement for handgun buyers violates the right to keep arms for personal home protection and lacks roots from early America, gun groups say.
Frosh defends Md. handgun licensing amid new high court ruling
Maryland’s attorney general defended the constitutionality of the state’s challenged licensing requirements for would-be handgun buyers as in keeping with the nation’s early history of training militias to use guns.
Gun group challenges Md. handgun licensing, cites Supreme Court decision
A gun rights group this month resumed its challenge to Maryland’s licensing requirements for would-be handgun purchasers as an infringement on their constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
With Md. laws in their sights, gun rights advocates hail high court’s ruling
The Supreme Court’s decision has emboldened Maryland gun rights advocates in their pending Second Amendment challenges to the state’s handgun permitting and licensing requirements.
4th Circuit stays challenge to Maryland handgun licensing requirement
A U.S. appeals court will withhold its consideration of a constitutional challenge to Maryland’s licensing requirement for would-be handgun purchasers until the Supreme Court rules.
Handgun possession crime requires no knowledge, Maryland high court says
Defendants need not know they were wearing, carrying or transporting a handgun to be found guilty of the crime, Maryland’s high court unanimously rules.
4th Circuit holds challenge to Md. handgun permit law, awaits high court ruling
A decision on the constitutionality of Maryland’s requirement that handgun permit applicants provide the state with a “good and substantial reason” to carry the weapon outside the home must await […]
Bill would give Md. firefighters, EMTs right to bear arms
Firefighters and paramedics should be permitted to carry handguns without having to individually prove to the Maryland State Police they have a “good and substantial reason” to possess the weapons […]
