The Fourth Circuit reversed that decision, using a “balancing test” to come to conclude that Maryland may override the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms in the name of public safety…
GOA Backing Case Before the Supreme Court
Justifiable Need
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Evan Nappen To Bring ‘Justifiable Need’ Case To NJ Supreme Court
The ultimate question in this case is why should an individual be required to demonstrate a “need” in order to exercise a fundamental, constitutional, right, here in New Jersey???
NJ Supreme Court to Hear 2A Case on ‘Justifiable Need’, NJ’s Excuse for Denying All Concealed Carry Permits
Although Concealed Carry Laws are on the books in New Jersey, judges and police chiefs have almost unanimously declined concealed carry permits to everyone but, other police, judges, politicians…
Carry Permit Denials, Hagerstown & Bowie Festival Update by Maryland Shall Issue
As we indicated in previously the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the District Court finding that the State’s requirement for a “good and substantial” cause was unconstitutional…
4th Circuit Court of Appeals Overturns Woollard Ruling
Despite numerous studies including those cited in the gunfacts.info publication, the 4th Circuit believed the word of appointed police chiefs over independent and unbiased researchers…
4th Circuit Overturns MD District Court on Woollard & Justifiable Need
The Federal 4th Circuit Court has overturned the Federal District Court of Maryland decision and has upheld the “good and substantial” language in Maryland gun law…
20 State Attys & Others File Briefs Supporting SAF Appeal of NY’s ‘Justifiable Need’ Rule
SAF and the five individual plaintiffs are challenging whether the state can arbitrarily restrict the Second Amendment right to bear arms outside the home by requiring people to prove a special need to the satisfaction of a government official…
‘Justifiable Need’ – Woollard Case – Update #4
Oral arguments were presented before the Federal 4th Circuit Court in Richmond on Wednesday, October 24, 2012…
Woollard Case Heard by 4th Circuit Court of Appeals MSI Special Update
As many of you already know, the Woollard case proceeded to oral arguments on October 24th at the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, VA…
NRA & CRPA File Lawsuit Against Orange County Sheriff in US District Court
Orange County citizens should be able to exercise their fundamental right to bear arms, but are precluded from doing so because they do not have what Sheriff Hutchens uniquely considers “good cause.”
Fighting to Bolster the Heller Decision
That fight will determine whether the Founders -– or the liberal nut cases who govern the People’s Republic of Maryland -– will dictate the scope of the Second Amendment.
Maryland Concealed Carry Update
On July 23rd, the district court ruled that the State was not entitled to a further stay and that it had two weeks to begin processing permits without the unconstitutional requirement.
Second Amendment Foundation Delighted with Ruling in Maryland Carry Case
SAF is delighted that the judge in a Maryland case that challenges the constitutionality of that state’s handgun permitting scheme is ready to lift a stay on his original order to process permits.
Good & Substantial Stay Lifted, Maryland State Police to Issue Gun Permits
US District Court for the District of MD has issued an order to dissolve the temporary stay of the ruling that declared the “good and substantial” clause of MD’s carry permit law unconstitutional.
Woollard Case – Latest Update from Maryland’s Attorney General
A study by the Harvard Injury Control Research Center was included in support of the State’s position. Note that the Research Center Bulletins are funded by the notoriously anti-gun Joyce Foundation.
Judge Ends Enforcement of MD’s Good & Substantial Requirement for Concealed Carry
This new clarification includes an actual permanent injunction they cannot ignore. Let there be no doubt: Good and Substantial is dead in Maryland.
More on Woollard Case from Maryland Shall Issue
The right to armed defense is one of the few enumerated, fundamental rights that we possess, and the state may not simply wish it away.
Earthquake in Trenton Yesterday but Politicians Oblivious
New Jersey’s political elite were oblivious to the ruling and its future impact on New Jersey residents’ Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
Maryland Ruling Huge Victory for Second Amendment, Says Second Amendment Foundation
Judge Legg’s ruling takes a substantial step toward restoring the Second Amendment to its rightful place in the Bill of Rights and provides gun owners with another significant victory.
2nd Amendment Victory in Maryland – Woollard v. Sheridan
The law impermissible infringes on the right to keep and bear arms, guaranteed by the Second Amendment.
Victory in Woollard, MD Case Against Justifiable Need for Concealed Carry
United States District Court for the District of Maryland has granted a motion for summary judgment for plaintiff Ray Woollard in the Woollard v. Sheridan case.