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Maryland is pretty restrictive on carrying a gun. It is illegal to make any pit stops between your home and the range. (I.e. can't go to the range, and stop and get gas, etc.) The law seems to have been passed to prevent individuals from carrying a gun in their car on the basis that they are going to 'the range' (i.e. 24 hr ranges opened for this express purpose of carrying in your car).
Carry permits are 'may' issue only for 'compelling reasons.' Thus, only security guards, persons who carry a lot of cash, and individuals with recent bodily injury threats may carry.
With respect to the Supreme Court, I don't see a sweeping national shall issue decision coming down. Even though there has been a strong and successful push for gun rights, national carry by the Court lacks the hallmarks of legitimate democracy (9 robed individuals shoving shall issue down the throats of 300 million inhabitants). I foresee a plurality decision. Regardless, MD laws are asinine. So many times I've walked home at night in Baltimore with some sort of defensive weapon in my hands. Wish I could carry a gun, but I'd be committing a crime.
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Originally Posted by Lieber Code on the laws of war
"Men who take up arms against one another in public war do not cease on this account to be moral beings, responsible to one another and to God."
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