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pdf.pngMSI Testimony in Opposition to SB208 HOT
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The bill (as well as its cross-filed bill HB4) would add a wholly new set of restrictions on temporary and permanent long gun “transfers” which would be defined in an extremely broad manner. The bills would severely criminalize any non-compliance with its many and highly complex new restrictions. The bills would effectively eviscerate loans of guns between law-abiding individuals, including fellow hunters and effectively destroy the market value of countless gun collections, as their sales would be all but banned.

pdf.pngMSI Testimony in Support of SB198 HOT
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This bill would amend MD Code, Public Safety, § 5-306(b)(6)(ii) to specify that “self- protection,” or “self-defense” is a basis for finding a “good and substantial” reason for the issuance of a Maryland Wear and Carry Permit.

pdf.pngMSI Testimony in Support with Amendments of HB47, HB265, SB156, and SB327
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Under MD Code Public Safety 5-117.1(c), [a] person may purchase, rent, or receive a handgun only if the person” obtains a Handgun Qualification License” (HQL).   Under Section 5-117.1(a), the statue does not apply to “a law enforcement officer or person who is retired in good standing from service with a law enforcement agency of the United States, the State, or a local law enforcement agency of the State.”  By its terms, this exclusion for active and retired law enforcement officers applies only to federal agents or law enforcement officers of the State of Maryland. 

pdf.pngMSI Testimony - Information Only on SB179 and HB73 HOT
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With the recent changes in Maryland law concerning medical marijuana, see MD Code, Health - General, § 13-3304 et seq., and the push to legalize the use of marijuana in Maryland, a recurring issue is how such marijuana use would affect Second Amendment rights.  The short answer is that it may well act to abrogate those rights by (1) barring a FFL from selling a firearm to such a user and (2), by making such a user a prohibited person under federal law.

pdf.pngMSI Testimony in Opposition to HB35
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In opposition to the studying the feasibility of "firearms telematics."

pdf.pngMSI Testimony on SB 55 HOT
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2020 General Assembly Testimony on SB 55 the Tax Checkoff bill for buying so called assault weapons

pdf.pngMSI Testimony on SB 55
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2020 General Assembly Testimony on SB 55 the Tax Checkoff bill for buying so called assault weapons

pdf.pngMSI Testimony on SB 39 HOT
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MSI Testimony on SB 39:  This Bill would ban the Anderson AM-15 rifles in .223 and .330 BLK calibers

pdf.png2020 MGA - MSI Testimony on HB4 HOT
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MSI Testimony in opposition to HB4

pdf.pngRTFA Litigation - 28(j) letter in light of Manning v. Cadwell HOT
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Maryland Shall Issue, Inc. v. Hogan, No. 18-2474 (4th Cir.)
RTFA Litigation - 28(j) letter in light of Manning v. Cadwell

pdf.pngBaltimore County "SAFE" Act as Introduced HOT
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The Act as introduced before the Baltimore County Council on 12/16/19. You can see that meeting HERE (discussion on the bill begins around 19:40). This bill would put onerous and expensive security requirements on gun dealers operating within the county that may well force many of these dealers to close up shop or move.

pdf.pngWhalen v Handgun Permit Review Board - Reply Brief HOT
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MSI Whalen Reply Brief (redacted)

pdf.pngWhalen v Handgun Permit Review Board - Motion to Strike HOT
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MSI - Motion to Strike in Whalen v. Board (redacted)

pdf.pngWhalen v Handgun Permit Review Board - Brief of Appellee HOT
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The State's reply in Whalen v Handgun Permit Review Board.

pdf.pngMSI Presentation at 2019 International Association of Crime Analysts, National Harbor, MD 08/23/2019 HOT
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Listen to the presentation HERE

An examination of deaths by shooting, assaults with firearms, and robberies with firearms in Baltimore City before and after the Maryland General Assembly and former Governor Martin O’Malley enacted one of the most stringent gun control acts in the United States.

pdf.pngHQL Suit - Reply Brief of Appellants HOT
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HQL Suit - Reply Brief of Appellants in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

pdf.pngHQL Brief of Appellees (the State) HOT
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brief of appellees filed by the State of Maryland in HQL litigation before the 4th Circuit

pdf.pngNEW Restrictions Policy HOT
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New Announcement for Restrictions Policy for Business Owners

pdf.pngNEW SOP for MSP Carry Permits HOT
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New Maryland State Police SOP for carry permits 

pdf.pngLetter 28j to Court re Davis HQL suit HOT
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Rule 28j Letter to Fourth Circuit in the HQL suit advising of the Davis case

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Court Uphold's MD's Taking of Rapid Fire Trigger Activators

 

In a sharply split, 2-1 decision, a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has held that Maryland may ban the possession of "Rapid Fire Trigger Activators" by existing owners without paying just compensation under Fifth Amendment or the Maryland Constitution.  The majority ruled that no just compensation was owed to existing, lawful owners because the ban “does not require owners of rapid fire trigger activators to turn them over to the Government or to a third party.”  In short, as far as this majority is concerned, the State is free to ban the possession of any personal property without paying just compensation unless the State puts the property into its own pocket or the pocket of a third party.  If that is the law, then no personal property, of any kind, is safe from the grasping clutches of the General Assembly.  For example, the State could ban possession of your existing car and not pay a dime.  The dissenting opinion ably demolishes the majority's reasoning.  Needless to say, we will be seeking further review.

You can read the ruling HERE.  Stay tuned.

Maryland Shall Issue will continue to fight for the interests and rights of its members and the public, but to do so requires resources and your help. Consider joining or donating to MSI.

Background Checks for Firearms Purchases and Licenses Interrupted

Due to a systems failure on the morning of June 21st within the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Corrections Services (DPSCS), the Maryland State Police (MSP) was no longer able to complete background checks for Handgun Qualification Licenses (HQL), regulated firearms transfers (77R transfers), and Wear and Carry Permit background investigations. DPSCS have since restored their systems and the MSP have been processing background checks as fast as they can. We appreciate the efforts of the State Police to remedy the backlog as quickly as possible, though the bureaucratic processes created by the General Assembly compounds these issues for Marylanders who are merely trying to protect themselves.

From the MSP:

Background Checks Underway After Data System Restored

(PIKESVILLE, MD) — Maryland State Police Licensing Division employees worked throughout the night and will continue to work around-the-clock to address pending regulated firearm purchase applications after a state data system was restored late yesterday.

At about 8:30 p.m. yesterday, the State Police Licensing Division was notified by officials at the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services that the data system had been restored and access to background check information was available.  Employees at the Licensing Division immediately began completing background check investigations on the regulated firearm purchase applications that had been pending since a system failure occurred on June 21st.

Licensing Division employees worked throughout the night and will continue to work around-the-clock until all pending and incoming regulated firearm purchase applications have been reviewed and are being completed within Maryland’s required seven day waiting period.  Even with employees working 24-hours-a-day to address this, the process is anticipated to take several days to complete.  The Licensing Division continues to work with Maryland’s licensed firearms dealers to track any regulated firearm released after the waiting period, but before full completion of the background check process.

As of 4:00 p.m. yesterday, information from Maryland firearms dealers indicated that of the 893 firearm purchase applications eligible for release, 54 regulated firearms had been released to customers after the seven day waiting period had passed.  The individuals receiving those firearms were the first ones background checks were conducted on during the night.  There were no prohibiting factors found for any of those applicants.


As far as we know, there's no evidence or information to suggest that anyone's personal information was comprimised while the systems were down and none of the applicants whose dealer released firearms to them failed or would have failed background checks.

While the MSP have asked the Dealers to hold off on releasing any regulated firearms (handguns) until the checks completed, dealers may release regulated firearms on the 8th day after a transaction at their discretion. From the MSP's latest advisory on 6/25:

Should the RFD elect to exercise their statutory option to release a regulated firearm on the eighth day, we ask that the procedure listed below be followed:

1. The RFD will access their Licensing Portal;
2. locate the application to be released within the “SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS” section;
3. print a copy of the application;
4. verify that all information in “Section 4” is accurate;
5. both the RFD and the applicant will sign and complete “Section 6;”
6. scan and send the completed copy of the 77R to .

Additional Coverage:
Maryland Handgun Background Check System Crashes, Leaving Gun Buyers in Limbo - Washington Free Beacon
Citing a ‘catastrophic hardware failure,' Maryland State Police report delays in gun background checks and licenses - Baltimore Sun
Guns sold without completed background checks in Maryland - WUSA9
After ‘Catastrophic Hardware Failure,’ Dozens Of Guns Were Released Without Completed Background Checks In Maryland - WAMU

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