By Bob Walsh
An en banc hearing by the Fourth Circuit Court, in the
case of Maryland Shall Issue v. Wes Moore, upheld the state law
requiring that most prospective pistol purchasers obtain a Handgun
Qualification License (HQL) in order to purchase a hand gun. Applicants
for the license must be fingerprinted, pass a background check and
complete a training class with live fire testing. Current or honorably
retired peace officers and current or retired members of the military
are exempt. The decision was 14-2, overturning a prior ruling by a
panel of the same court.
The
majority saw no problem with Bruen, finding that the HQL merely ensures
that persons seeking to exercise their Second Amendment rights a
law-abiding. (I wonder if it requires "training" to register to vote or
to read a newspaper in New Jersey.)
The Maryland A.G., Anthony Brown, thinks this was a marvelous outcome.
It seems likely to be appealed to SCOTUS.
1 comment:
More judges who can't read. Even if the law passed muster (it doesn't), exempting some folks would be a violation of equality under the law.
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