MigraineMan
Defenestration Specialist
Carroll County Times (via Baltimore Sun) is reporting that Senators Ready and Hough are sponsoring "shall issue" legislation. Wish I had more details to report ...
Meanwhile, in Annapolis this week, Sen. Justin Ready unveiled legislation he is cosponsoring with Sen. Michael Hough to strengthen Second Amendment rights of Marylanders. Effectively, Maryland law at present requires a “good and substantial” reason to conceal-carry, and personal protection and self-defense are not viewed as such.
The proposed bill would ensure these were good and substantial reasons. Ready elaborated to me that, “It would put Maryland concealed carry laws in the same posture as most other states. That posture is — the state ‘shall issue’ a permit unless it can show why the person shouldn’t have one (like a criminal record, mental illness, etc.).” Ready and Hough deserve tremendous credit for their defense of Constitutional rights.