Constitutional lawyers the Baltimore Sun spoke with regarding the case against discretionary licensing think the ruling will be upheld. In a nutshell:
“… “The idea here is that if this is a constitutional right, like all the other constitutional rights, then you shouldn’t need the government’s permission to exercise it,” said Randy E. Barrett, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington …”
Exactly.
The antis’ aren’t giving up though:
“… Jonathan Lowy, director of the Brady Center’s Legal Action Project, said it’s “perfectly reasonable and prudent for Maryland to have law enforcement decide who has a demonstrated need to carry loaded guns in public.” “There’s a whole other level of risk that the public is exposed to when civilians carry loaded guns on public parks, streets, in restaurants, what have you.” Lowy called the decision a “very dangerous precedent” that is not supported by case law and said he expects it to be reversed …”
Really? According to the first story the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals said in a 2010 ruling that the 2nd Amendment likely extends outside the home. If that’s true, I don’t see them overturning the decision.
Markie Marxist sez: “Of course we should have law enforcement decide! How are we supposed to have a Marxist police state if the police aren’t deciding who gets to have rights? It’s just common communist sense to have police forces making civil rights decisions.”