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Posted on 05/06/2026 4:31:10 AM PDT by marktwain
The Supreme Court of Maryland handed Maryland Shall Issue and other challengers a significant, but not total, victory in their challenge to Montgomery County’s sweeping firearms ordinance. The lawsuit was commenced in 2021.
On April 28, 2026, on x.com, Maryland Shall Issue posted this:
In 2021, Montgomery County, Maryland, the State’s most populous county, enacted an ordinance that severely infringed on rights protected by the Second Amendment. Maryland has a significant set of preemption statutes that prevent local governments from interfering with state firearms law.
Maryland Shall Issue filed two lawsuits challenging the ordinance in different ways: one in federal court and the other in state court. In December of 2023, the Circuit Court for Montgomery County granted Summary Judgement in favor of the Shall Issue lawsuit in state court. The County appealed the ruling to the Appellate Court of Maryland. On January 24, 2025, the Appellate Court ruled the Circuit Court had erred and remanded the case back to the Circuit Court. The case, now named Montgomery County v. Engage Armament, was appealed by Maryland Shall Issue to the Maryland Supreme Court.
The post by Maryland Shall Issue explaining the Maryland Supreme Court’s ruling quotes the Court on the County ordinance. The Supreme Court wrote this:
“is not a local law because of its application to holders of State-issued wear-and-carry permits traveling on public highways who cross within 100 yards of a place of public assembly.”
The Court did not treat that portion as a valid local ordinance. It held that, as currently constructed, § 57-11(a) is not a “local law” because it burdens state-issued wear-and-carry permit holders traveling on public highways through Montgomery County.
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“Not a complete win” == Constitution/Rights violation(s) via govt. continue.
Surprising, but I’ve heard there are many blacks in Maryland who like their guns.
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