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Smigiel Bill Could Kill Maryland Handgun Statute — Possibly Headed to SCOTUS
January 10, 2013 by Daniel Menefee
Updated Jan. 11–Attorney General Doug Gansler has so far succeeded in delaying enforcement of a 2010 decision that struck down a provision in Maryland’s handgun law, which requires a “good and substantial reason” to obtain a Permit to Carry. The Federal District Court in Maryland ruled in 2010 that the state requirement was a violation of Second Amendment Rights.
Last July, U.S. District Court Judge Benson Everett Legg lifted a stay he granted the Maryland Attorney General in March that delayed enforcement of the 2010 ruling–until a challenge could be heard in 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond.
A similar case was heard around the same time in the 2nd U.S. Court of Appeals in New York that challenged that state’s “good or substantial reason” provision, which is nearly identical to Maryland’s restrictive carry law. The 2nd Circuit upheld New York’s handgun statute on Nov.27.
The 4th Circuit granted another stay in August and heard the case in late October. The court has yet to rule.
“We have filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court,” said Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation. The SAF is the co-plaintiff in the Maryland and New York cases.
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