The most interesting thing that I took away from the video is that Alan Gura has taken his case
pro bono, so I presume that Mr. Gura thinks it's a good test case to challenge the MD law. (He must have some way of cloning himself, to handle all the cases he takes on...
)
According to the
NRA/ILA website, 'Maryland has no constitutional provision granting a “right to bear arms.”'
This may account for Mr. Gura's interest in this particular case.
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Originally Posted by ScottRiqui
So does this mean that *anyone* in Maryland who's been convicted of misdemeanor assault has lost their gun rights?
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Apparently it does. According to
Wikipedia's summary of MD law:
Persons who have been convicted of a crime of violence, any Maryland-classified felony, conspiracy to commit a felony, a common law crime for which the person received a term of imprisonment for more than two years, or any Maryland-classified misdemeanor that carries a statutory penalty of more than two years.(My emphasis.)
I take this to mean that any crime of violence, whether felony or misdemeanor, would disqualify someone from owning a gun.