Court Upholds Maryland Gun Carry Permit Law
Maryland’s demand that a person who wants a permit to carry a gun outside the home show “good and substantial reason” for doing so was upheld by a U.S. appeals court as a constitutional public-safety measure.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, today reversed a lower-court judge, who had found that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for self-defense extends beyond the home and that the state’s standard for granting a carry permit infringed on that right.
“The state has demonstrated that the good-and-substantial- reason requirement is reasonably adapted to Maryland’s significant interests in protecting public safety and preventing crime,” U.S. Circuit Judge Robert King wrote in the 33-page opinion.
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So "bear" in "keep and bear" means what, now?
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You're allowed to show them off! In your home.
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Ah! Now I know.
Maryland is such a friggin hellhole.
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If you're a celebrity or a friend of the sheriff, you're good to go.
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But if your just some small town mayor, they'll still kill your dog.
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Gruit Lives!