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<h1 style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size:33px; font-weight:bold; line-height:38px; color:#000000;">Plaintiffs in NRA Backed Lawsuit Ask Court to Hold Maryland Handgun Law Unconstitutional</h1>
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<p style="margin-bottom:1em;">Today, the Plaintiffs in an NRA-backed lawsuit challenging Maryland’s Handgun Qualification License law asked the court to rule that the law violates the Second Amendment. The Handgun Qualification Law requires all law-abiding Maryland residents who wish to purchase a handgun to first fill out an application, obtain a copy of their fingerprints from a third-party, attend a lengthy classroom instruction, pass a live-fire exercise, pay a $50 application fee, and wait up to 30 days for the state police to process the information.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:1em;">According to Maryland’s own expert witness, the Handgun Qualification Law was created to “intimidate” law-abiding citizens from exercising their Second Amendment right to buy a handgun. That is because in addition to the Handgun Qualification Law, Maryland law already requires handgun purchasers to undergo a separate background check, pay a registration fee, and wait seven business days before they can take possession of the gun. These laws force law-abiding citizens who wish to purchase a handgun to wait at least 39 days to obtain this legal item.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:1em;">The case is called <em>Maryland Shall Issue, Inc., v. Hogan</em>. It was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:1em;"><strong><span>Please stay tuned to </span></strong><span><a href="[link removed]" target="_blank"><strong>www.nraila.org</strong></a><strong> for further updates on this and all of NRA-ILA’s efforts to defend your constitutional rights.</strong></span></p>
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