The current MD CCW application requires three references and states: “Pursuant of the provisions of Maryland Law, submit the names of at least 3 reputable citizens who have known you, the applicant, for more than two (2) years, and are not related in any way to you, the applicant.”
I’ve reviewed § 5-306 and don’t see this requirement of a personal reference, let alone three, in the code. I only see that the MSP is authorized to perform an “investigation” to determine that the applicant “has not exhibited a propensity for violence or instability that may reasonably render the person's possession of a handgun a danger to the person or to another”.
Does anyone here know where the authority to require three references comes from? Is there some legal boundary why they can't require 10 references? Anyone know how/why this is the procedure?
I’ve reviewed § 5-306 and don’t see this requirement of a personal reference, let alone three, in the code. I only see that the MSP is authorized to perform an “investigation” to determine that the applicant “has not exhibited a propensity for violence or instability that may reasonably render the person's possession of a handgun a danger to the person or to another”.
Does anyone here know where the authority to require three references comes from? Is there some legal boundary why they can't require 10 references? Anyone know how/why this is the procedure?
