Maryland: Conflicting Legal Decisions Pile Up on States ‘Justifiable Need’ Arguments

By Ammoland

Maryland – -(Ammoland.com)- Carry Cases That Are Pending in Maryland:

While the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit may have sustained the facial constitutionality of Maryland’s “good and substantial reason” requirement for a carry permit in the Woollard case, that ruling has not gone unchallenged elsewhere.

Most recently, Massachusetts carry permit licensing scheme has been challenged. After losing in district court, that case is now before the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Gould v. O’Leary, No. 17-2202 (1st Cir.). The First Circuit is the only circuit left that includes a state that imposes a “may issue” licensing regimen. The briefing is almost completed in that case. Of particular note are the briefs filed by the NRA (here) and by the appellants (here).

Maryland’s Attorney General Frosh has, of course, joined with other “may issue” states to file an amicus brief in support of the Massachusetts statute.

That amicus brief can be found here. The NRA brief details how many nineteenth and early twentieth century statutes restricting public carry were aimed at disarming African Americans and …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand