Posted on 10/24/2022 3:53:47 AM PDT by marktwain
U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)-Maryland Shall Issue, Inc., a Second Amendment protection activist organization based in Maryland, has submitted a brief for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals so that the Court can take notice of the landmark Second Amendment case of New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen.
The Plaintiffs or Appellants are Maryland Shall Issue. The defendants are the State of Maryland.
Maryland is one of the six states which do not have protection in the State constitution similar to the Second Amendment.
The crux of the case is whether the Maryland Handgun Qualification License (HQL), based on the statute enacted in 2013, violates the rights protected by the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. From Maryland Shall Issue, Original complaint filed in 2016:
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Yeah, but if California is any indication Maryland is gonna appeal, obfuscate and delay as long as possible. Dems don’t care if they’re acting in bad faith. Deny the 2nd amendment as long as possible by any means.
CC
Inexplicably, Maryland became shall issue soon after the NY v Bruen case was released.
They aren’t even delaying permits.
Do Connecticut next. Why should I, as a law abiding citizen, have to spend hundreds of dollars and wait months to be ALLOWED my Constitutional rights?
An old friend of mine was surprised that there is no legal process to buy any kind of firearm or even ammunition in CT without some sort of permit.
I worked in CT in firearm sales for a large National chain. Two NY state troopers, in uniform, tried to buy some shotgun shells and I had to turn them down. I elevated the question to store management and, without CT permits (not carry permits but CT issues an ammunition permit) even NY State troopers couldn’t buy ammunition in CT.
The state is insane.
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