Mooseman
R.I.P.- Hooligan #4
On the last day of the month of July in 2013 I received the denial letter from the Maryland State Police following my informal review of denial. I applied during the window provided by the Woollard decision. I was one of the 365. Once the MSP quit holding the applications, I was denied. I went through the informal review process. Because I was located in Allegany County, they let me do my informal review over the telephone. Again I was denied. After this denial, within the allotted ten days, I appealed this decision to the Handgun Permit Review Board. Fast forward eleven months to today. I received a letter from the Handgun Permit Review Board denying my request for a handgun permit. After eleven months I had given up hearing from them altogether. I was surprised when I received this letter today. Before I had given up, I thought that I would be scheduled to appear before the board and present my case. Apparently, the board makes their decision without any input from the person requesting the hearing. So, it took them just shy of a year to tell me that I do not even deserve to speak to them, I am denied. According to the letter my only recourse from here is to file an appeal in Circuit Court. I was going to let it drop when I thought I was ignored by the board. After receiving this letter, I am considering hiring an attorney and taking it to Circuit Court. Thanks for listening. I feel better now that I have let off some steam.
