It may be a phenomenon anti-gun Maryland politicians have feared and denied for decades, but in the wake of the June 23 Supreme Court ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, NBC News in Washington, D.C. is reporting a surge in applications for concealed carry permits. Maryland was one of seven […]
MD County Sued over Gun Pamphlet Mandate as Anti’s Ramp Up Rhetoric
Maryland’s Anne Arundel County has been hit with a federal lawsuit for allegedly violating the First Amendment rights of local gun shops with a mandate those businesses post and make available county-produced “gun safety” literature that discusses suicide prevention. The Baltimore Sun Editorial Board declared in a Tuesday editorial the lawsuit “screams the kind of […]
Maryland AG Asks Supremes to Deny Review of Gun Ban Challenge
Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh has filed a motion with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking that a challenge to the state ban on so-called “assault weapons” be denied review, arguing that such firearms have been used in several mass shootings, according to a report in The Daily Record. Frosh may be facing a daunting […]
25 State AGs Ask Supreme Court to Review Challenge to Maryland Gun Ban
UPDATED: Fully half of all Attorneys General in the United States have submitted a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court asking the justices to hear a challenge to a restrictive gun law in Maryland, in a case filed by a trio of gun rights organizations, one private business and three Maryland residents, as reported first […]
SAF, Partners Get Busy in Court; Are They ‘Extremist’ Groups?
Mother Jones just published an article about the troubles plaguing the National Rifle Association in which it suggested several other, far more “extreme” organizations might move in to fill any void, and among those radical outfits it listed the Second Amendment Foundation. That’s the group currently blazing a legal trail through a maze of offensive […]
A Tough Year for Gun Owners, Another Looms on Horizon
The confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court in 2018 could have the most significant long-term impact on gun rights in the nation. (Screen capture, YouTube) America’s gun owners may be particularly eager to celebrate the end of 2018 next Monday night, because for Second Amendment activists, it has been a tough year, and […]
