Amen to that. l've been thinking lately, even though I don't have what the LD of the People's Republic of Maryland would call a "good and substantial reason" to carry a firearm, that I might go ahead and apply just so that I would add to the number of folks who applied to exercise their rights, but were denied by the state. I found myself at the MSP website, where I read this:
Where are Firearms Prohibited?
Restriction on the wear, carry and transport of handguns and firearms in certain places appear throughout Maryland law and regulations. *Below are statutes and regulations detailing the handgun and firearm restrictions. *This list should not be considered all-inclusive.**
1. On school property (CR 4-102)
2. Within 1,000 feet of a demonstration in a public place (CR 4-208)
(and more)
This last part is bulls hit. Go read 4-208. It does not say that you can't carry within 1000 feet of a demonstration, it says:
(b)*Prohibited. --
***(1)*This subsection does not apply to a law enforcement officer.
***(2)*A person may not have a firearm in the person's possession or on or about the person at a demonstration in a public place or in a vehicle that is within 1,000 feet of a demonstration in a public place after:
******(i)*the person has been advised by a law enforcement officer that a demonstration is occurring at the public place; and
******(ii)*the person has been ordered by the law enforcement officer to leave the area of the demonstration until the person disposes of the firearm.
which means that you can certainly carry a firearm at demonstration. The LD posts information that they want you to believe, hoping that you won't notice that it is incorrect. Hats off to the cop on the beat, but the asshats that write this policy shitt need a lesson on the Constitution.
Apparently reading comprehension is not part of the Academy curriculum.