Federal appeals court upholds Maryland’s handgun licensing requirements

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[where's_the_Outrage?]

Afederal appeals court on Friday upheld Maryland’s handgun licensing requirements, rejecting an argument from gun-rights activists the law violated the Second Amendment by making it too difficult for people to obtain guns.

A majority of judges from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, affirmed a district court judge’s ruling in favor of the state of Maryland.

The majority rejected the plaintiffs’ argument the state’s handgun qualification statute tramples on applicants’ Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms. The law requires most Maryland residents to obtain a handgun qualification license before purchasing a handgun.

Senior Judge Barbara Milano Keenan wrote Friday’s majority opinion, joined by nine other judges. Five judges adopted opinions concurring with the majority’s decision. Two judges joined in a dissenting opinion. “The handgun license requirement is nevertheless constitutional because it is consistent with the principles underlying our Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation,” Judge Allison Jones Rushing wrote in a concurring opinion.

In his dissenting opinion, Judge Julius Richardson said the state of Maryland “has not shown that history and tradition justify its handgun licensing requirement.”

[where's_the_Outrage?]

If I understand correctly me as a former senior military would have take a handgun qualification to get a license to buy a gun. It would not matter that I controlled ranges which put 10's of thousands of handgun rounds down range, or that I personally put thousand of rounds down range.

But the other guy does not need to prove his US citizenship to vote or even provide an ID.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

This MUST be appealed to SCOTUS. And how many of the ghetto gunners meet these requirements?
It only affects the law abiding. These regulations do nothing against criminals using firearms.

[Skywise]

There’s no “historical tradition” of requiring gun qualification. That’s a bald faced lie.

How is it a right if you need to qualify to use it?

[kiryandil]

Ten stooges to 4 judges. A foregone conclusion.

#	Title	        Judge	                Duty station	Born	Term of service	                Appointed by 
                                                                        Active	        Chief	
48	Chief Judge	Albert Diaz	        Charlotte, NC	1960	2010–present	2023–present	Obama
30	Circuit Judge	J. Harvie Wilkinson III	Charlottesville	1944	1984–present	1996–2003	Reagan
33	Circuit Judge	Paul V. Niemeyer	Baltimore, MD	1941	1990–present	—	—	G.H.W. Bush
40	Circuit Judge	Robert Bruce King	Charleston, WV	1940	1998–present	—	—	Clinton
41	Circuit Judge	Roger Gregory	        Richmond, VA	1953	2000–present	2016–2023	Clinton/G.W. Bush
44	Circuit Judge	G. Steven Agee	        Salem, VA	1952	2008–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
47	Circuit Judge	James Andrew Wynn	Raleigh, NC	1954	2010–present	—	—	Obama
50	Circuit Judge	Stephanie Thacker	Charleston, WV	1965	2012–present	—	—	Obama
51	Circuit Judge	Pamela Harris	        Bethesda, MD	1962	2014–present	—	—	Obama
52	Circuit Judge	Julius N. Richardson	Columbia, SC	1976	2018–present	—	—	Trump
53	Circuit Judge	A. Marvin Quattlebaum	Greenville, SC	1964	2018–present	—	—	Trump
54	Circuit Judge	Allison Jones Rushing	Asheville, NC	1982	2019–present	—	—	Trump
55	Circuit Judge	Toby J. Heytens	        Alexandria, VA	1975	2021–present	—	—	Biden
56	Circuit Judge	DeAndrea G. Benjamin	Columbia, SC	1972	2023–present	—	—	Biden
57	Circuit Judge	Nicole Berner	        Baltimore, MD	1965	2024–present	—	—	Biden

[Governor Dinwiddie]

The sad thing is that the 4th Circuit was one of the most conservative in the country until Hussein got hold of it.

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[PROCON]

And here is the ongoing problem with the judiciary:

Senior Judge Barbara Milano Keenan wrote Friday’s majority opinion,

Judge Allison Jones Rushing wrote in a concurring opinion.

[lightman]

Too most estrogen.

[lightman]

The ghetto gunman don’t give a fat ghetto rat’s azz!

They’re drawers are already droopin to be someone’s b!tch.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Friggin Barbie Broad attacking the Second Amendment. Nice.

[Jeff Chandler]

This won’t hold up upon appeal.

[Does so]

This from the state with the “Rain Tax”...

[PubliusMM]

“The handgun license requirement is nevertheless constitutional because it is consistent with the principles underlying our Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation,” Judge Allison Jones Rushing wrote in a concurring opinion.

I think we need some citation on this position? I have not read the whole concurring opinion, yet...

[cyclotic]

The Maryland General Asylum are amazingly stupid when it comes to firearms. The HQL is just one part. To pass you must show proficiency in firearms, which includes live fire. It does not define what makes proficiency. In my son’s course, the instructor told them they get to shoot twice what most courses do. Yep. Two rounds.

Then there’s the magazine limit of ten rounds. Gun shops can’t sell them but there’s no limit for citizens, few who live more than an hour from an out of state gun shop.

The best one is when you purchase a regulated firearm. Even with a HQL and CCW, there’s still a seven day waiting period. The state police send you an email when you’ve passed their background check. They can’t bring themselves to approve you so the letter is marked NOT DISAPPROVED.

You can’t make this stuff up.

[mrmeyer]

Freedom requires responsibility. The problem is not shocking when seeing the judges names.

[wastedyears]

Sic Semper Tyrannis

[stockpirate]

And meanwhile a court rules that a ban on machine guns is unconstitutional.

https://ecf.ksd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2023cr10047-35

[bobbo666]

A Demo judge tells a lie? OMIGOSH! I am so surprised.

[JimRed]

“The handgun license requirement is nevertheless constitutional because it is consistent with the principles underlying our Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation,” Judge Allison Jones Rushing wrote in a concurring opinion.

So Judge, educate me...how does that square with "SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED"?

[556x45]

IOW since we successfully banned guns in the past we can do so now despite any current reversals. History before that doesn’t count.