MD Wear & Carry = CCW?

[Hjaalmarch]

This seems like an amateur question, I know, but just to get it straight:

Someone told me that MD doesn't actually have a "concealed carry permit", they have the "wear and carry permit". I thought it was just slang for the CCW - Is the Wear&Carry the same thing as a concealed carry permit, or is it something else?

I see these wear & carry classes and feel like taking them, but I realize it's not going to get me any closer to a CCW (I was rejected, spuriously of course, a few years ago.) --or is it?

Thanks

 

[JMintzer]

"Wear and Carry" is MD's CCW. It's the same thing...

 

[pleasant1911]

On the actual permit, it just says handgun permit. For non-LEOs, but those who has one because of their profession, it is actually a handgun permit. On the permit, it states where you are allow to carry it. On mine it says from work, bank, and home.

 

[OEH]

Actually it says "PERMIT TO CARRY A HANDGUN".

 

[swinokur]

Although MSP expects you to conceal the firearm, it isn't specified on the permit or in the statute. So it's technically not just a CCW permit.

But yes it's pretty much the same thing because if you OC, MSP willl not be happy about it.

IANAL.

 

[Blaster229]

I'll always refer to it as a CCW or carry permit or any combination of those words.

 

[OEH]

"Wear and Carry" sounds redundant...

 

[JamesH]

The term "Wear and Carry" comes from the specific Maryland law that applies. It's just the local term, just like some States have CCP, or CCW, or CFP, or LTCP, or ...

 

[Minuteman]

Good discussion. I might add that with a permit, you are exempt from many of the other weapons restrictions.

I too (although technically wrong) typically refer to it as a CCW permit.