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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.

The ruling has no effect on keeping a gun in your own home - that, even in Maryland, is not prohibited (unless you are a felon, habitual drunkard, narcotics user, etc.) This ruling has to do with the right to carry a gun outside the home - to get a permit you had to submit an investigation that showed:

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.