SAF SUES IN MARYLAND OVER HANDGUN PERMIT DENIAL
BELLEVUE, WA - The Second Amendment Foundation and a Baltimore County, MD man today sued Maryland authorities in federal court because the man's handgun permit renewal was turned down on the grounds that he could not demonstrate "a reasonable precaution against apprehended danger."
The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
Joining SAF in the lawsuit is Raymond Woollard, who was originally issued a carry permit after a man broke into his home during a family gathering in 2002. Woollard's permit was renewed in 2005, after the man was released from prison. That man now lives about three miles from Woollard. Defendants in the case are Terrence B. Sheridan is the Secretary and Superintendent of the Maryland State Police, and three members of the Maryland Handgun Permit Review Board, Denis Gallagher, Seymour Goldstein and Charles M. Thomas, Jr.
SAF and Woollard are represented by attorneys Alan Gura of Virginia and Cary J. Hansel of Joseph, Greenwald & Laake of Greenbelt, MD.
The lawsuit alleges that "Individuals cannot be required to demonstrate that carrying a handgun is necessary as a reasonable precaution against apprehended danger' as a prerequisite for exercising their Second Amendment rights." Plaintiffs are seeking a permanent injunction against enforcement of the Maryland provision that requires permit applicants to "demonstrate cause" for the issuance of a carry permit.
"Laws that empower bureaucrats to deny the exercise of a fundamental civil right because they cannot show good cause to exercise that right can't possibly stand up under constitutional scrutiny," said SAF Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. "We are supporting Mr. Woollard in this action because constitutional rights trump bureaucratic whims."
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5 comments:
DENIED++Walk through Baltimore County,Baltimore City and Salisbury ,Md after dark.
Only criminals are allowed to carry in the Peoples Republic of MD
kick their butts
Another example of the "we have been elected --- we now know whats best for the peasantry". And I'm surprised that a lawsuit of this kind has taken so long. When and how does a citizen give a BUREAUCRAT the right to determine if he can have his Constitutional Rights? And you know that the police and their minions don't ever want anyone other than themselves to have a gun (makes controlling crowds and supressing dissent SO MUCH easier...). And THIS case is even more outrageous in the fact that he HAD a "permit" and the thug lives 3 miles from him now. The ONLY thing the cops are gonna do here is deny a perfect citizen/victim the RIGHT (!!) to protect himself and reserve (for themselves) the ability to show up, take pictures of the citizens body, and piously claim we need MORE gun controls (they do this while packing their own heat 24-7, even while at the family picnic. I just saw a cop on Monday at the Wal-Mart in North Salisbury strapped with a 9mm. Shopping for groceries in shorts and a Hawaiian shirt. LOL. Better not cut in front of him in line....
Let's hope this suit is successful!
Many would be gald to join in.
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