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To: tgusa
Oh wait, the People’s Republic of Maryland has some of the toughest gun control laws in the country.

True, but there are quite a few Marylanders who do legally use firearms to protect themselves, as we see in stories here. Even though we do not have a codified Castle Doctrine, existing case law does give us sufficient precedent that someone who does a firearm to defend one's home from an intruder is most likely not going to be charged with a crime for doing so.

That being said, it'd still be nice to have a real Castle Doctrine as well as Shall Issue policies for concealed weapons permits. But one can dream, right?

5 posted on 06/22/2009 4:20:29 AM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: pnh102

Very similar to Virginia in terms of Castle Doctrine, although various gun rights groups here are trying to push a Castle Doctrine through. We have the case law precedent also, but why have to worry about that?

We’re pretty reasonable with respect to CWP.


28 posted on 06/22/2009 10:45:38 AM PDT by tgusa (Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger ....)
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