Maryland
Maryland can’t enforce handgun licensing law
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Maryland cannot enforce a law requiring people to obtain a license before they can buy a handgun, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday.
The state’s law requires people who want to buy a handgun to first complete steps such as submitting fingerprints for a background investigation and taking a firearms safety training course. Those are requirements for obtaining a handgun qualification license, or HQL.
In a 2-1 opinion, Circuit Judge Julius N. Richardson wrote that the law cannot stand under a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that a firearm regulation is unconstitutional unless the government can show it is consistent with the nation’s historical tradition.
“The challenged law restricts the ability of law-abiding adult citizens to possess handguns, and the state has not presented a historical analogue that justifies its restriction; indeed, it has seemingly admitted that it couldn’t find one,” Richardson wrote. “Under the Supreme Court’s new burden-shifting test for these claims, Maryland’s law thus fails, and we must enjoin its enforcement.”
Senior Judge Barbara Milano Keenan dissented from the court’s opinion.
Gun control advocates decried the court’s ruling.
Everytown Law, the legal arm of the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety, immediately panned the ruling as “a dangerous and misguided decision.”
Much of the court’s rationale rested with a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court case known as the Bruen decision, which set a new standard for evaluating the Constitutionality of gun laws.
“Requiring handgun purchasers to pass a background check and undergo gun safety training prior to purchasing a gun is not only common sense, it is entirely consistent with the Second Amendment and the new test established by the Bruen decision,” William Taylor, a deputy director with Everytown Law, said in a statement.
Everytown expressed confidence that the 4th Circuit’s decision will be overturned.
This is a developing story. Check back later for more information.
dylan.segelbaum@thebaltimorebanner.com
Widespread fog and rain across the region
Tucker Barnes has the FOX 5 Weather forecast for Tuesday, December 10, 2024.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A large amount of fog across D.C., Maryland, and Virginia on Tuesday morning continues to cause visibility issues for many.
A dense fog advisory has been issued across the region until noon, according to FOX 5’s Tucker Barnes.
As a result of the fog, cloudy skies are expected with potential rain later Tuesday evening. Temperatures are expected to enter the 60s as a warm front moves through the region.
Teen attacked at Maryland school, parents demand arrests
A Prince George’s County public high school student is attacked in Oxon Hill, with some of the brutality captured on cell phone video. The girl’s parents are demanding that police arrest the teenage suspects. FOX 5’s Shomari Stone has the story.
OXON HILL, Md. – A 14-year-old student at Potomac High School in Oxon Hill, Maryland, was brutally attacked last Thursday, and some of the assault was captured on cell phone video.
The girl’s parents are demanding justice, and are now calling on police to arrest the teenage suspects involved in the attack.
The incident took place in a utility room on school property, where the girl was ambushed by seven other students. The cell phone footage shows the victim screaming in pain as the attackers repeatedly punch her in the head and face, ultimately breaking her nose as she crouches on the ground.
After the assault, the girl was found in the utility closet, seriously injured and unresponsive in her own blood. Her parents say it took about 30 minutes for school officials to locate her.
Emergency medics later transported her to a hospital for treatment.
The girl’s father, speaking exclusively to FOX 5’s Shomari Stone, expressed his concerns about his daughter’s safety, saying, “I don’t feel safe sending my daughter back to any PG County school to be honest with you, because if this happened at this school, I’m pretty sure that there are rules and regulations in their training programs, it’s all the same.”
A spokesperson for Prince George’s County Public Schools issued a statement, saying, “The safety of students is our top priority. On December 5, an incident at Potomac High School resulted in injuries to a student. Our safety and security personnel immediately responded to address the situation. School district administrators are in contact with the student’s family, and we are working to provide any necessary mental health support to the victim. The incident is under active investigation. Due to FERPA privacy laws, we are unable to provide additional information.”
Prince George’s County police have instructed the girl’s family to contact the Department of Juvenile Services regarding potential criminal charges. The family is now awaiting an update on the investigation.
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