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Maryland Firearm Safety Act

Guns on display in 2013 at FreeState Gun Range in Middle River. (Maximilian Franz/The Daily Record file photo)
Nov 17, 2022

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.

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Oct 18, 2022

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.

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Aug 18, 2022

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.

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Jun 23, 2022

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.

Guns on display in 2013 at FreeState Gun Range in Middle River. (Maximilian Franz/The Daily Record file photo)
Nov 3, 2021

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.

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Nov 27, 2017

Justices let stand decision upholding Maryland’s weapons ban

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand without comment a lower-court decision upholding the constitutionality of Maryland’s ban on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, those carrying more than 10 […]

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Oct 25, 2017

Foes of Maryland’s gun ban make final bid for high-court review

In their final bid for Supreme Court review, gun-rights advocates have pressed the justices to review and overturn a lower-court decision upholding the constitutionality of Maryland’s ban on military-style assault […]

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Oct 10, 2017

Frosh urges justices to reject appeal of Maryland’s weapons ban

Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Tuesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to let stand a lower-court decision upholding the constitutionality of the state’s ban on military-style assault weapons […]

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Jul 22, 2017

Gun-rights advocates challenge Md. assault-weapons ban in Supreme Court

Gun-rights advocates have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review and strike down as unconstitutional Maryland’s ban on military assault-style weapons and high capacity magazines, those carrying more than 10 […]

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May 11, 2017

Supreme Court extends deadline for Md. Firearm Safety Act challenge

Chief Justice John Roberts grants gun-rights advocates 60-day extension for filing Supreme Court challenge to Maryland’s ban on military assault-style weapons.

In this 2013 file photo, Randy Farmer of FreeState Gun Range in Middle River holds an AR-15 rifle. (Maximilian Franz/The Daily Record)
Mar 10, 2017

Gun-rights advocates will challenge Md. assault-weapons ban in Supreme Court

Gun-rights advocates will urge the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down as unconstitutional Maryland’s ban on military assault-style weapons.