Now, if you could just get them to change some of their other stupid gun laws.
Posted on 03/05/2012 1:53:46 PM PST by Clint N. Suhks
Maryland residents do not have to provide a "good and substantial reason" to legally own a handgun, a federal judge ruled Monday, striking down as unconstitutional the state's requirements for getting a permit.
U.S. District Judge Benson Everett Legg wrote that states are allowed some leeway in deciding the way residents exercise their Second Amendment right to bear arms, but Maryland's objective was to limit the number of firearms that individuals could carry, effectively creating a rationing system that rewarded those who provided the right answer for wanting to own a gun.
"A citizen may not be required to offer a 'good and substantial reason' why he should be permitted to exercise his rights," Legg wrote. "The right's existence is all the reason he needs."
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Happy PING!
I prefer shall instead of may in that ruling.
A sane and common sense ruling from Judge Legg.
He’s an H.W. appointee, btw.
Good on the judge.
With that name, he sounds like a good ol’ boy. He seems to have had an elite education without being spoiled by it. Good for him.
Wikipedia says:
“Legg was born in Baltimore, Maryland. After receiving his education at the preparatory school Gilman School in Baltimore, graduating in the class of 1966, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University in 1970. He went on to obtain a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1973 and was admitted to the Maryland bar the same year.”
Then appointed by Bush I. One of his better appointments, apparently.
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A “good reason” is you don’t want a druggie breaking in your house and murdering your family, or attacking you with a knife on the street for your wallet. Given that anyone can give that as a reason, how could they argue against it, even without the ruling?
Or, I want a fighting chance when the NDAA troopers come knocking on my door to indefinitely detain me because I said bad words on the gummint.
“Because the Constitution says I can” is as good a reason as I can imagine. What more need one have to say?
'Nuff said.
1. Is 18 years of age or older.
2. Has not been convicted of a felony or of a crime punishable by imprisonment for more than one year.
3. Has not been committed within the previous 10 years to any juvenile detention center for longer than one year.
4. Is not an addict or alcoholic nor has ever been convicted of a narcotics offense.
5. Has not, based on the results of investigation, exhibited a propensity for violence or instability.
6. Has, based on the results of investigation, "good and substantial reason" to carry a handgun, including a finding that the permit is "necessary as a reasonable precaution against apprehended danger."
But, hell - saying "I travel into or through Baltimore City or Prince Georges County" should have satisfied #6. In any case, this ruling pulls #6. The other criteria I don't have a problem with, except that #5 is often used in domestic situations where a divorced or seperated female falsely alleges violent activity.
Yep, nuff said.
Good call. Thanks for the ping!!
Holy Civil Rights Batman! Kapow!
Great News!
Maryland is granting CCW permits? They have in the past, but only to connected individuals.
I know for a fact that one’s out-of-state permit is no good there, and that applies to all states.
Now, if you could just get them to change some of their other stupid gun laws.
Hey assholes you lost, so start issuing permits now!
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