Essex-Middle River Responds to Gun Ruling
U.S. District Judge Benson E. Legg ruled that Maryland's “good and substantial reason” policy used to issue carry permits violated the Second Amendment.
The phone at Mark Burger's FreeState Gun Range won't stop ringing this week. The reason, he said, is people are wondering what a ruling released Monday by a federal judge that calls Maryland’s concealed handgun carrying process unconstitutional means for gun owners. U.S. District Judge Benson E. Legg ruled that Maryland’s requirement that those seeking a handgun carry permit needed to display a “good and substantial reason” to carry a weapon violated the Second Amendment. Follow Essex-Middle River Patch on Facebook and Twitter. “A citizen may not be required to offer a ‘good and substantial reason’ why he should be permitted to exercise his rights,” wrote Webb in a 23-page opinion. “The right’s existence is all the reason he needs.” …
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BHirsh
9:19 pm on Friday, March 9, 2012
“The Second Amendment clearly gives the right to bear arms to the citizens[.]" No, it doesn't. It clearly GUARANTEES a right that pre-existed the Constitution, and pre-existed the nation, that we enjoy regardless of the Constitution or anything else. See: U.S. v. Cruikshank (1876). more ›