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WALKERSVILLE — A gun rights group is taking aim at the town to try to force a change in its firearm restrictions. The Second Amendment Foundation, based in Bellevue, Wash., formally demanded that Walkersville repeal a ban on shooting and carrying loaded guns within town limits. "It has come to my attention that the town of Walkersville purports to regulate firearms, which violates of state law," Alan M. Gottlieb, foundation president, said in a March 26 letter. The town charter bans shooting "a rifle, air rifle or air gun of any kind ... a bow and arrow, slingshot, shotgun, gun...

After months of heated debate, the zoning appeals board in Walkersville has rejected a proposal by a Silver Spring-based Muslim sect to build a mosque and retreat facility on a 224-acre farm in the rural Frederick County town. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community's plans to build an Islamic worship center that would host up to 10,000 people annually for a national religious convention stoked intense public outcry in Walkersville, a mostly white hamlet of about 5,000 people nestled near the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. But although the proposal stirred religious tensions, the Walkersville Board of Zoning Appeals cited more pedestrian...

I will not be “Deceived” by the Muslim Ahmadiyya Group’s efforts to infiltrate Frederick County. Neither should you! My name is Steve Berryman, and I attended the Town of Walkersville’s informational meeting of August 20th where Dr. Zafar, the above groups President, was allowed to “oh so peacefully” state his case for purchasing land to be used ostensibly for the annual rituals of Islam by his sect from Silver Spring, Maryland. So determined were they to gain a favorable opinion that they brought a local pastor from their area to offer testimonial……it came off like a paid consultants speech. Since...