Federal Court Strikes Down Maryland’s Handgun License Law as Unconstitutional

The Biden administration that pushed efforts to limit citizen’s gun rights suffered another in a series of legal setbacks.

On Tuesday, a federal appeals court judge ruled that Maryland’s handgun license law violated the Second Amendment.

Democratic Maryland legislatures passed a law requiring potential handgun orders to first secure a “handgun qualification license.” The law required a background investigation and a waiting period of up to 30 days.

Critics of the law argued the criteria to be approved for a “license” was vague and arbitrary.

On Tuesday, the Fourth Circuit ruled the law was not “consistent with this Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.”

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