Maryland State Police OFFICIALLY allows Concealed Carry in State Highway Rest Areas

[avsterbone]

I reached out to the Maryland State Police & State Attorney General's Office last month due to conflicting statements regarding the current legal status of being able to legally carry a concealed firearm at State Highway Rest Areas. To my pleasant surprise, they actually listened to me! Their website is now updated to reflect this change. https://mdsp.maryland.gov/Organizat...singDivision/Firearms/WearandCarryPermit.aspx

You can review my email and changes made on my Twitter here:

 

[Squaregrouper]

Am I missing something here?

 

[Speed3]

Verbiage went from stored in the vehicle to not being displayed.

 

[6-Pack]

EWBMD

 

[Bullfrog]

Am I missing something here?

The wording on the website implied carry at highway rest stops was prohibited, but the law only prohibited the display of firearms. He got them to correct it.

 

[Mark75H]

 

[Biggfoot44]

So , if I'm understanding , you convinced MSP to make their website comply with the ( pre-existing ) Actual Law ?

 

[Squaregrouper]

So , if I'm understanding , you convinced MSP to make their website comply with the ( pre-existing ) Actual Law ?

That was my roundabout comment in post #2.
The MSP website isn't law.

 

[John from MD]

Way to go!

 

[avsterbone]

Am I missing something here?

That was my roundabout comment in post #2.
The MSP website isn't law.

The MSP website may not be the law, but the plentiful low-IQ members of MDSP sure treat it as such. The reality is having more clarity never hurts.

So , if I'm understanding , you convinced MSP to make their website comply with the ( pre-existing ) Actual Law ?

Correct. For whatever reason the guidance listed on that webpage didn't actually reflect the law for some reason. I brought it to their attention and they fixed it.

 

[Threeband]

Now we need State Park carry.

 

[Stoveman]

Thank God, so many of us were getting jacked up at rest areas.

 

[Muleskinner]

Congrats....although concealed means concealed...Unexpected

 

[rbird7282]

Now we need State Park carry.

Absolutely!

 

[Solman]

Now we need State Park carry.

When will this happen for us?

 

[swinokur]

 

[Threeband]

Elijah must return first.

 

[Doco Overboard]

The MSP website may not be the law, but the plentiful low-IQ members of MDSP sure treat it as such. The reality is having more clarity never hurts.


Correct. For whatever reason the guidance listed on that webpage didn't actually reflect the law for some reason. I brought it to their attention and they fixed it.

So, the guy in the video spent all his money getting the window tint removed from his windshield and not a lawyer?

 

[BurkeM]

When will this happen for us?

The lawsuit is currently PENDING.

Novotny v. Moore - Challenge to 2023 SB 1

9/30/2023On behalf of our members and in partnership with the Second Amendment Foundation and Firearms Policy Coalition, Maryland Shall Issue and three individual plaintiffs are challenging unconstitutional aspects of SB 1, the so-called “Gun Safety Act of 2023” in the US District Court for the...

www.marylandshallissue.org

9/30/2023

On behalf of our members and in partnership with the Second Amendment Foundation and Firearms Policy Coalition, Maryland Shall Issue and three individual plaintiffs are challenging unconstitutional aspects of SB 1, the so-called “Gun Safety Act of 2023” in the US District Court for the District of Maryland. SB 1 effectively nullifies the "general right to carry in public" for carry permit holders confirmed by the Supreme Court's decision NYSRPA v. Bruen just this last June. It does so by banning firearms in a whole host of locations otherwise open to the public, including places like stores and shops, restaurants, museums, and healthcare facilities. The suit also challenges the general ban on possession of firearms on public transit owned or controlled by the State Mass Transit Administration and in the tens of thousands of acres of woodlands in State parks, State forests, and State Chesapeake forest lands. We have every confidence that we will prevail in whole or in part in this suit.

 

[Bob A]

Now we need State Park carry.

When will this happen for us?

@eruby says CMC, EBMD.

@teratos notes:
"The general rule is that an unconstitutional statute, though having the form and name of law, is in reality no law, but is wholly void, and ineffective for any purpose; since unconstitutionality dates from the time of its enactment, and not merely from the date of the decision so branding it.No one is bound to obey an unconstitutional law and no courts are bound to enforce it."(16 Am. Jur. 2d, Section 177; later 2d, Section 256)

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