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Maryland's handgun licensing law has been struck down by a federal appeals court (apnews.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down Maryland’s handgun licensing law, finding that its requirements, which include submitting fingerprints for a background check and taking a four-hour firearms safety course, are unconstitutionally restrictive.

In a 2-1 ruling, judges on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond said they considered the case in light of a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year that “effected a sea change in Second Amendment law.”

The underlying lawsuit was filed in 2016 as a challenge to a Maryland law requiring people to obtain a special license before purchasing a handgun. The law, which was passed in 2013 in the aftermath of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, laid out a series of necessary steps for would-be gun purchasers: completing four hours of safety training that includes firing one live round, submitting fingerprints and passing a background check, being 21 and residing in Maryland.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, said he was disappointed in the circuit court’s ruling and will “continue to fight for this law.” He said his administration is reviewing the ruling and considering its options.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 9 months ago (27 children)

Jesus. Those requirements are not a lot to ask.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's easier than voting in some places.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You have to take a 4-hour course to vote?

[–] funkless_eck 6 points 9 months ago

you have to stand in a 6 hour line in direct sunlight at 100° Temps where food and water is forbidden to vote here in Georgia.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Who pays for the 4-hour course?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

The person who pays for the gun.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

In Maryland? It looks like the course is free but the instructors generally charge $25 for the cert.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ridiculous. Throwing out 250+ years of settled law because of a radical Supreme Court with two bullshit appointments.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The earliest hand gun licensing systems weren't implemented until the just before the Civil War in the South (for the exact reasons you'd think the South would do that).

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

Aka racism...gun laws like this are designed to keep minorities from obtaining protection.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (11 children)

True. Before that you needed to have a certain job. Purposive open carry laws. The other gun law at the time was breach of peace, which is what you'd have been charged with for open carrying. The idea that guns cannot be regulated is a modern invention by people who want Americans to kill each other, and who don't give a fuck about rights.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have to say, the US looks crazier and crazier by the day. It's not just the guns, it's pretty much everything these days.

[–] spyd3r 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

You're literally right it does look crazier, but that is almost entirely because of how our mass media and cancerous 24/hr news cycle work.

If you turn your TV off and go outside, reality does not match what you see on TV, or worse, read on the internet.

The "crazy" is generally confined and limited to fringe elements that get 1000x the attention and signal boosting than normal people do.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I heard gunshots when I was walking my dog last night.

[–] spyd3r 6 points 9 months ago

I hear them all the time... It's deer hunting season.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

phew, we dodged dodging a bullet there

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