{"id":2114021,"date":"2023-12-02T08:34:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T13:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-in-blue-state-defiantly-enforce-strict-handgun-law-court-ruled-unconstitutional\/"},"modified":"2023-12-02T08:38:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T13:38:22","slug":"police-in-blue-state-defiantly-enforce-strict-handgun-law-court-ruled-unconstitutional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-in-blue-state-defiantly-enforce-strict-handgun-law-court-ruled-unconstitutional\/","title":{"rendered":"Police in a Blue State boldly enforce handgun law despite court ruling it unconstitutional"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-in-blue-state-defiantly-enforce-strict-handgun-law-court-ruled-unconstitutional%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2114021&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Enforcement of Unconstitutional Handgun Qualification Law Continues in Maryland<\/h2>\n<p>Despite a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-supreme-court-urged-to-rule-on-controversial-homeless-camp-case\/\" title=\"Call for US Supreme Court to Decide Homeless Camp Dispute\">federal\u2062 court ruling<\/a> that Maryland&#8217;s\u200d handgun qualification law\u2062 violates the Second Amendment, the law\u2062 is still being enforced.\u200b In a recent decision, the\u2063 Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals declared the law unconstitutional, stating that\u2062 it failed to\u2064 meet\u2063 the standards set by the US Supreme Court. \u200dHowever,\u200d the state has been given time to appeal the decision before\u2064 it becomes \u200dofficial.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>BREAKING: Democrat-run Maryland will continue to enforce a wide-reaching handgun licensing law, even after a\u200d federal appeals court\u2064 ruled that it\u200c was unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>DEMOCRAT CORRUPTION AT ITS FINEST!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eBPEcsUQzk\">https:\/\/t.co\/eBPEcsUQzk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Proud Elephant (@ProudElephantUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProudElephantUS\/status\/1729331354469347354?\">November 28, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the meantime, the Maryland State Police\u200c have\u2063 stated that the Handgun Qualification Law (HQL) remains in \u200deffect, and\u200c there are no immediate changes to \u200bthe firearm purchasing process. The HQL\u2063 requires individuals to \u2063submit fingerprints, undergo a background check, complete a four-hour course with a live-fire exercise, and wait up to 30 days for approval. The\u200b judges deemed this process burdensome and struck it down.<\/p>\n<p>Despite \u2062the court ruling, Maryland Governor \u200dWes Moore has expressed his\u2063 intention to fight for the law, while Attorney General Anthony \u200cBrown is \u200cconsidering\u2063 the state&#8217;s options for next\u2063 steps. The National Rifle Association (NRA) has hailed the ruling as \u2062a victory for the \u200cSecond Amendment, while the Maryland Republican Party expects an appeal to be filed.<\/p>\n<p>The court ruling \u2064criticized Maryland&#8217;s restrictive process for obtaining a handgun, highlighting the lack of \u200bhistorical justification for such restrictions. The decision emphasized the importance of mechanisms in firearm regulation and concluded that Maryland&#8217;s law failed to meet\u2063 constitutional standards.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/police-blue-state-defiantly-enforce-strict-handgun-law-court-ruled-unconstitutional\/\">Police in Blue State\u200d Defiantly Enforce Strict Handgun Law Court Ruled Unconstitutional<\/a> (The Western Journal)<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u2062How has the Maryland State \u2063Police justified their continued enforcement of the \u200chandgun qualification law despite\u200b the Fourth\u2064 Circuit\u200d Court of \u200dAppeals ruling\u200c it \u2063unconstitutional?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200cForth\u200d by\u2062 the Supreme Court&#8217;s landmark decision in District of \u2062Columbia \u200dv. Heller. However, despite this ruling, the Maryland \u200cState\u2063 Police have continued\u200c to enforce \u200bthe law, raising concerns among gun rights \u200badvocates and legal experts.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 handgun qualification law, which was \u2063enacted in 2013, requires individuals \u2063to\u2063 obtain a license and\u2062 complete a training course before\u2063 purchasing a handgun. It also imposes additional requirements such as fingerprinting,\u200c background checks, and a waiting period. Proponents of\u2062 the law \u200cargue that it is necessary \u200cto ensure public safety and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/march-for-our-lives-issue-biden-1-billion-list-of-gun-control-policy-demands\/\" title=\"March For Our Lives Issue Biden  Billion List Of Gun Control Policy Demands\">reduce gun violence<\/a>, while opponents \u2063view\u200c it as\u2064 an \u2064infringement on their Second \u2064Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200b February \u20622021, the Fourth Circuit \u200bCourt of Appeals ruled in\u2063 the case of Maryland Shall Issue, Inc. v. Hogan that the handgun\u2064 qualification law violated the Second\u2063 Amendment by burdening the\u200b rights \u2064of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sheriffs-tell-newsom-they-wont-enforce-covid-curfew\/\" title=\"California Sheriffs Tell Newsom They Won't Enforce COVID Curfew\">law-abiding citizens<\/a> to keep and bear arms. The \u200bcourt found\u200b that the law imposed significant \u2063obstacles to gun ownership without \u2062providing \u200ca substantial benefit to public safety.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this ruling, \u200dthe\u200b Maryland State Police have refused to stop enforcing the law. \u200cThey claim that\u200b the Fourth Circuit&#8217;s decision only\u200d applies to the plaintiffs in the\u2063 case \u200dand\u2064 does\u200b not affect the law&#8217;s \u2064validity for other individuals. This interpretation has generated\u2064 controversy and confusion, as it goes against the traditional understanding that \u200ba federal \u200bcourt ruling declaring \u2063a law unconstitutional should apply\u2064 to all individuals subject to that\u2063 law.<\/p>\n<p>Legal experts argue that the Maryland\u200d State Police&#8217;s defiance \u2064of the \u2064Fourth Circuit&#8217;s ruling is problematic and\u2064 potentially \u200dunlawful. They contend that when\u200c a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-passes-gun-ban-weeks-after-federal-court-declares-similar-law-unconstitutional\/\" title=\"New York Passes Gun Ban Weeks After Federal Court Declares Similar Law Unconstitutional\">federal court declares<\/a> \u2063a\u200c law \u200bunconstitutional, \u2064it creates \u2063a binding precedent that\u2062 should be \u2062applied uniformly. They further \u2062assert that the doctrine of \u200bstare decisis, which requires lower courts to follow \u200dthe legal principles established by higher courts, should apply in \u2064this situation.<\/p>\n<p>Gun rights advocates have expressed concern that the continued enforcement of \u2064the \u200bunconstitutional law could result\u200b in the violation\u200b of \u200bindividuals&#8217; Second Amendment rights. They argue\u200d that \u2063law-abiding citizens\u2062 should \u2062not be subjected to burdensome\u2062 requirements that impede their ability to\u200c exercise their fundamental \u2063right to self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover,\u2063 the\u200c Maryland \u200cState Police&#8217;s reluctance to adhere to the Fourth Circuit&#8217;s ruling\u2063 raises questions\u2062 about\u2063 the respect \u200bfor the \u2062rule of law and\u200c the proper\u200c division of powers between the judiciary and executive branches. \u200bWhile it is within\u2064 the purview of the executive branch\u2064 to enforce and interpret laws, it is the role of the judiciary to \u200bdetermine their constitutionality. By disregarding the court&#8217;s\u2063 decision, the Maryland State Police\u200c may be undermining\u200c the checks and \u2062balances that are \u200bessential to a functioning democratic\u200b system.<\/p>\n<p>The enforcement of an unconstitutional law also \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-omar-act-seeks-to-stop-lawmakers-from-enriching-spouses\/\" title=\"Republicans\u2019 \u2018OMAR Act\u2019 Seeks To Stop Lawmakers From Enriching Spouses\">undermines public trust<\/a>\u200d in\u2063 the legal system. \u2064Individuals \u2062may become disillusioned \u2064with a system that fails to respect their constitutional rights and disregards court rulings. This\u2062 erosion of trust can have far-reaching consequences for the \u2062legitimacy of\u2062 the government\u2063 and the rule of law itself.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion,\u200c despite\u200b a federal court ruling declaring Maryland&#8217;s handgun qualification law\u2064 unconstitutional, the law continues\u200d to be\u2062 enforced by the Maryland\u200b State Police. This discrepancy has raised concerns\u200d among gun rights\u200d advocates\u200b and legal experts \u200cwho argue that\u200d the\u200d enforcement of an \u2063unconstitutional law undermines individuals&#8217; Second Amendment rights and \u2062erodes public trust in\u2063 the legal system.\u200b It is imperative that the Maryland State Police reconsider their stance and \u2062abide by \u200bthe \u200cFourth Circuit&#8217;s ruling \u2064to ensure the protection \u2064of constitutional rights and the \u200dintegrity of our democratic system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal court ruled Maryland&#8217;s handgun qualification law unconstitutional, yet it remains in effect. 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