Has there been a law suit claiming that the hql fees constitute infringement?

The Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms have joined in an amicus (friend of the court) brief in a case challenging Maryland’s process to obtain a licenses to possess a handgun in one’s home, contending that this violates the Second Amendment.

SAF and CCRKBA are joined by the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association, International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors, Professors of second Amendment Law, Jews for the Preservation of Firearms ownership, Millennial Policy Center and Independence Institute. Their joint amicus brief opposes a motion for summary judgment by the defendants, and supports the plaintiffs’ cross motion for summary judgment.

The case was brought by Maryland Shall Issue, Inc.

“We’ve joined in this brief because Maryland’s licensing process is expensive and lengthy, and a right delayed is a right denied,” said SAF founder and CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “No citizen should have to jump through so many hoops simply to have a gun in their own home. There were no such requirements or regulations in Maryland at the time the Constitution was ratified, and the current regulatory scheme seems more intended to discourage responsible firearms ownership than guarantee that gun owners safely handle their firearms.

“The training requirement in Maryland imposes a burden on a citizen’s ability to exercise his or her Second Amendment rights,” he continued. “But evidently in Maryland, as in some other states, the government has arbitrarily decided to treat the Second Amendment right as a regulated privilege, and that simply cannot be allowed to stand.”

The 46-page amicus brief looks at the history of gun rights since colonial days. The brief was prepared by Maryland attorney Gregory M. Kline, with support from Joseph G.S. Greenlee at the Millennial Policy Center and David B. Kopel with the Independence Institute, both located in Denver.

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adit said:

SAF, CCRKBA JOIN IN AMICUS BRIEF CHALLENGING MARYLAND GUN LAW



https://www.saf.org/saf-ccrkba-join-in-amicus-brief-challenging-maryland-gun-law/

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Amigo109 said:

I got rid of my pistols awhile back and now own none. So I'd get a new one but the hql process (classes, application, foots, FEES) is prohibitive. There's a real argument that a person who doesnt have a lot of money can't afford to legally jump through the hoops and pay the money to get a pistol. Has the HQL law and fees been challenged in court. I know our liberal legislature won't ever get rid of the hql requirement. But the courts could rule the law unconstitutional.

The same holds true for concealed carry permit. I think it's fundamentally wrong that the government can tell us that we can't carry a firearm when we're out and about. I know I'm preaching to the choir. Vent over.

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