FOX 5 DC
May 19, 2023
Just hours after Governor Wes Moore signed a new gun control bill into law in Maryland, there was a flurry of lawsuits challenging it.
Maryland’s gun control law was passed in direct response to the Supreme Court’s decision last June affirming the Second Amendment right to carry a gun outside your home for self-defense.
This new law creates new rules for who can carry a gun in public and limits where they can be carried with a concealed carry permit.
Beginning Oct. 1, the Gun Safety Act of 2023 restricts carrying guns near places licensed to sell alcohol like restaurants. It also blocks carrying at stadiums, museums, amusement parks, and other public locations.
In addition to the NRA lawsuit, local guns rights group, Maryland Shall Issue, filed its federal lawsuit representing three permit holders. Mark Pennak heads the group.
