Supreme Court ruling on 'conceal carry' law in NY will affect Maryland, say local gunowners and law enforcement

[Paladin]

Supreme Court ruling on 'conceal carry' law in NY will affect Maryland, say local gunowners and law enforcement

"Right now there is no path for you to get your wear and carry (license) in Maryland," Adam said Friday. "They are going to have to at least create a path. They can't say 'no' outright."

(Editor's Note: 'Wear and Carry' is Maryland's legal term for a permit allowing the carrying of a concealed weapon, commonly referred to as "concealed carry" in much of the nation)

..."There are 28,000 wear and carry permits in the system now. Maryland State Police doesn't have the personnel to process that," Adam said, wondering what will happen if that number balloons to 900,000.

This is a major shake up to all the "May issue" states. The criminals in Baltimore may have just lost their control of the streets.

[puma guy]

I'm assuming the decision will be far reaching for states that require proving need. Am I wrong?

[Paladin]

I'm assuming the decision will be far reaching for states that require proving need. Am I wrong?

It completely up-ends their state laws as well as the 2-step framework many Federal courts have been using to analyze Second Amendment cases. Essentially NY and 6 other states will have to adopt shall issue.