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federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down part of Maryland’s laws regulating handguns, overturning a requirement to obtain a handgun license before purchasing a firearm.
In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the Virginia-based Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Maryland cannot add more regulations for acquiring handguns than other weapons. The court said the law was unenforceable in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling last year.
The judges cited last summer’s Supreme Court ruling that loosened New York gun laws, which said the government must show efforts to regulate guns are “consistent with this nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.”
Under current Maryland law, a person is required to get a handgun license in addition to all other requirements to purchase a firearm. That license requires that a person pass a handgun safety course, a background check and wait up to 30 days.
Federal appeals court strikes Maryland handgun rule
A federal appeals court struck down part of Maryland’s laws regulating handguns Tuesday, overturning a requirement to obtain a handgun license before purchasing a firearm. In a 2-1 ruling, a …
thehill.com