The ruling prevents portions of the law from taking effect while their constitutionality undergoes further scrutiny.
. State lawmakers in the Democratic-controlled General Assembly responded as several other blue states had — by enacting prohibitions on where those concealed handguns could be carried.
In a 40-page opinion, Russell, who was nominated to the bench by President Barack Obama, found that Maryland’s new law was likely to pass constitutional muster on some provisions — restricting people from carrying handguns on school grounds, health-care and mass-transit facilities, government buildings, museums, stadiums, racetracks, amusement parks and casinos, as well as state parks, state forests and Chesapeake forest lands.
A federal judge in New Jersey this year issued a similar preliminary injunction to Maryland’s ruling, repeatedly citing thedecision in the New Jersey case and blocking that state from enforcing a new law that banned firearms at medical offices, public gatherings, zoos, film sets and airport access areas. New Jersey is appealing.
Everytown for Gun Safety has ranked Maryland — along with Illinois — as having among the nation’s strongest gun laws but above-average gun deaths. Most states with strong gun laws have lower-than-average rates of gun violence.
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