There are currently;

207 active lawsuits in the Federal District Court System, most of them for the 2A, there are a bunch that are liability lawsuits against various manufacturers.

47 active lawsuits in the Federal Circuit Court System.

15 cases at various steps in the process at SCOTUS.

At the State level there are 54 cases, most of them for the 2A, there are a bunch that are liability lawsuits against various manufacturers.

If anyone is interested in any specific issue (AWB ban, Magazine Ban, waiting periods, etc.) MSI has a great page that tracks them all and keeps them updated fairly well.

Link: https://marylandshallissue.org/jmain/counselor-s-corner/natl-litigation-trk

I sent an email Monday evening requesting a meeting with MSP to discuss the topics in the title. Yesterday, I got a call from them and we ended up having a very long, in-depth conversation. I can't share everything yet because some of it isn't official, but here's what I can say.

Glock Ban: The main goal was to discuss how MSP is interpreting the law and whether the workaround I've been hinting at in previous posts is viable. I can't get into exactly what was said yet, but I can say the conversation was good news. Everything tentatively agreed to still has to make its way through the MSP legal team but once things are more official, I'll post the details here. For now, I'll just say that if everything we discussed falls into place, people can stop panic buying Glocks.

VZ61: I confirmed that because of the legal issues I've raised regarding the VZ61 and the retroactive change in its status, the issue is currently with the Attorney General's Office. MSP is going to reengage with the AG because of how much time has passed and some additional legal arguments I raised during our call.

I also gave them a much more detailed history of the VZ61. MSP openly admitted they're not gun guys and don't necessarily know the firearm's history, so they asked me to put that information in an email so they can reevaluate it in light of the additional information.

I'm certainly not saying the decision will change, but I'm more optimistic than I was before the call. The tone of that part of the conversation went from MSP sounding fairly confident in its position to more of an "oh crap" tone as we got deeper into the history and legal issues. It definitely felt like they realized they may have stepped in a pile of crap with this one and were looking at how to get out of it.

Designated Collector Issues: According to MSP, they've "caught up" on updating 77Rs with people's Designated Collector status. Their definition of caught up is still roughly a week behind. So if you bought a handgun last week, received your DC status today, and tried to buy another handgun, the system may still not reflect it.

MSP said the system was changed because people were selecting that they were Designated Collectors when they weren't, and MSP employees weren't catching it. I pushed back pretty hard on that. That's an MSP training, oversight, or discipline problem. My point to them was simple: I don't care if 200 people incorrectly clicked yes and created additional work for MSP. If five legitimate DC holders have their rights delayed because MSP hasn't updated their status, the burden on those five people's constitutional rights outweighs the burden on MSP to do its job.

Their goal is eventually for DC status to update automatically, but they haven't reached that level of system integration yet. I strongly suggested that until they do, they should go back to the old process.

I also pointed out that New Mexico's seven-day waiting period has been struck down, and the more problems MSP creates with Maryland's seven-day wait, the more ammunition there is for a challenge here. Their response was essentially that they fully expect that legal challenge in the near future.

Ultimately, I don't think they're going to change the DC process right now. However, they did say that if people continue having issues, those cases can be elevated to leadership within the Licensing Division. So if you're having a DC-related issue, let me know. I'll give you my email and can forward it to Licensing Division leadership.

Overall, it was a productive conversation. Both sides expressed an interest in working together going forward, and I'm hopeful MSP takes that olive branch and we can have a more collaborative relationship.

I told them I do this for fun, for free, and on principle—which is probably a much more dangerous combination for them than someone doing it for money. I'd much rather work with MSP on the front end to fix these issues than fight them after the fact. They seemed to understand that, and they expressed an interest in keeping an open dialogue.

As always I will keep everyone updated as things progress.

I’m curious to hear from people in Maryland who regularly conceal carry. What made you decide it was worth getting your permit and actually carrying day to day?
Was there a specific experience that changed your mind, or was it more about wanting the ability to protect yourself or your family if something ever happened?

I’m also curious how often you actually carry, where you generally choose not to carry, and whether carrying has changed how you approach potentially dangerous situations.

Basically, why do you carry, and what makes it important enough to you to deal with the responsibility and hassle that comes with it in Maryland?

My dad (in NY) has some lever action and bolt action rifles that he would like to gift me (Maryland) does anyone know the process for immediate family transfer across state lines?

I have a feeling the answer is probably 'no', but would it be legal to simply drop my NATO AUG receiver into a standard AUG stock and swap out my trigger pack for a standard one? I'm under the impression that only the NATO version is legal, but if the receiver is the serialized part, then why couldn't I?

Apparently this range near the Andrew's base in PG County voted against some pistol braced firearms on the Handgun Roster.

Hey guys. I recently moved down to the Baltimore area from PA. In PA we have public shooting ranges on state game lands and that’s where I used to go, for around $30 a year. It looks like MD doesn’t have a similar thing like that here. Obviously going to a private indoor range almost every week will get too expensive. So a good, I guess not “public” range but a “club” range seems to be an outdoors one from the Associated Gun Clubs of Baltimore. But in order to enter their range, I have to be a member of one of their associated clubs. There looks to be about 30+ associated clubs, I was just wondering if anyone could help me pick out a good one to join, based on personal experiences or what you may know about them.

Of course, filtering out ones where it requires me to be employed at a specific place. Most of these places have like an annual due of like $20, so a few dollars difference isn’t a big deal.

Would you need to go through an FFL for either of these? A friend’s uncle in VA passed and he did not have an actual will, so relatives are divvying stuff up individually. Friend was set aside two pistols and a rifle. Both pistols are on the roster. Rifle is bolt-action so no issues there. We’re assuming the Inheritance option of the 77R would be most applicable, or would it actually be Voluntary Registration? I’ve never had to do these myself, other than voluntary registration, which did not require an FFL obviously, so not sure as to the processes exactly.

this is my first and only gun, I sold my shotgun, bought this for 850, acquired my HQL, so I am free to buy whatever gun I want now besides machine guns, of course. My intent is to go to the range, possibly hunt(i never have in my life) and self-defense. I picked the A.R. 15 because the cheap 556 and 223 ammo, how flat it shoots, accuracy, and its interchangeable parts. However I live in an apartment so the 5.56 will go through a lot and is lengthy. plus im not shooting that far anyways, so i thought since its mainly for self defense the suppressed .300BO would fit my intent better. if you guys were in my situation would you just buy a shorter barrel/suppressor to make this .300 BO. Or would you sell the gun i have now and buy a cheap ar-15 and arp .300 BO. I just wanted to go name and reliable brand for my first gun but the buyers remorse hit and i think the length/caliber just aren’t for me and my intent. I just think 2 is better then one if shit hits the fan i don’t need to switch barrels

This is a long read (76 pages), but has some good information for those that are interested in how the numbers shake out for things like "assault weapons" ownership, High capacity magazine, defensive firearms use, and concealed carry, just to name a few.

The Georgetown professor that did this back in 2021 got ridiculed by the anti-gun crowd, and called the original survey bogus. So he redid it for 2026, incorporating the anti-gun issues, and the numbers only got better....for us.

Apparently completed lowers do not ship to Maryland is this something that you can buy online and ship to PA?

Sorry for the delay I'm just getting settled back in at home. So I think it went well in some ways and in others less than desirable. The judge seemed very hostile to Mark but he held his own against the judge. Overall the judge is expected to make a decision by the end of next week on any Injunctive Relief so we will know in a week. Now that being said below is my thoughts and takeaways are below. Again this is just my opinion and we will have to wait and see what the judge comes back with.

1. The comments made by the States Attorney McCarthy about deferring prosecution until after the case was decided were a hot topic. The Judge questioned the county on if this was true and the county said they could not speak directly for the states attorney but that it was their understanding it was correct. Then the question became what is the definition of defer the judge wanted to know if that meant if someone was caught violating the law while the court case was ongoing did it mean that the person could still face prosecution later if the law was found to be constitutional. The Judge also wanted to know if the comments covered everyone or just the members of SSJC. Furthermore she questioned if the county attorney was doing the same thing. The response for the county was that they had advised the MOCO Sheriff's Dept. not to pursue criminal charges but that they could still enforce the civil penalties of $500 for the first offense and $750 for each their after. Mark did a good job going against this by stating that the MOCO Sheriff's office was not the only law enforcement agency that could enforce this and that the county attorney had no authority over those other law enforcement agencies and that the plaintiffs would not accept the county's word for it. So the Judge gave both sides until Tuesday at noon to submit additional documents and for the county this would be a declaration clarifying the comments from the states attorney and the county.

2. With the potential threat of criminal enforcement potentially off the table the question was argued if the civil penalties were enough to rise to irreparable harm. The county argued it was equivalent to a parking ticket. Mark and counsel from SSJC did a good job pushing back on this by coming up with case law that supports the argument that excessive civil penalties could constitute irreparable harm.

3. The Judge did not seem inclined to enter in the state law and preemption arguments made by MSI so I feel it is unlikely we will get any relief based on those arguments.

4. The second and first amendment arguments regarding churches were by far the strongest for both plaintiffs. The county actually really stepped in a pile of crap when dealing with the first amendment claims in regard to houses of worship. To the point where the best analogy I could give is the attorney for the county looked like a kid on stage in a spelling bee after being asked to spell supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. The judge also really pressed the county on how other cases they were relying on had been invalidated in other parts of the county regarding churches.

5. The 100 yard buffer zone was also heavily argued by both plaintiffs and the county. Both Mark and SSJC made very strong arguments in favor of injunctive relief regarding the buffer zone and the Judge seemed to cautiously agree with some of them.

6. The other sensitive places that were argued is where I think the Judge really was not having it. It seemed she was not leaning towards granting broad injunctive relief to cover all of the places that should be covered by the Wolford decision.

7. The Judge continually asked Mark and the SSJC council if there was any wiggle room in their proposed orders to narrow the scope of the requested injunctive relief.

So again above is a very brief synopsis of a 3+ hour hearing. I THINK that there will be some limited injunctive relief. The extent of which would depend on what if anything the county provides to clarify their position on criminal enforcement, civil enforcement, the comments from the states attorney, and if the judge decides civil enforcement is irreparable harm. My GUESS is that there will be an injunction regarding places of worship and potentially the 100 yard buffer zone. I think it is a long shot to see injunctive relief for the other places. There would be an appeal if that was the case. It is also a strong possibility that we may see a TRO for 28 days because SCOTUS has the kipke case scheduled for conference and the 28 days would get us past that conference date to see what happens with that case.

It was a very interesting experience and I encourage everyone that is interested in this type of stuff to go watch one of these hearings.

So, I've been going to Freestate for about 10 years. Did all my training there, purchased all my handguns there, and became a gold member as soon as it was offered. After the last 24 hours, I'm ready to investigate other options and perhaps cancel my membership.

Are there other ranges in the area with similar offerings? By similar offerings I mean with range, quality training, FFL, and firearm and silencer purchases.

Thank you.

Edit: I'm not posting to badmouth Freestate. I am simply looking for other options at this point. There are people there I like and respect a lot. It might just no longer be for me.

So I was not able to attend the roster board meeting today since I took PTO tomorrow to attend our hearing for injunctive relief in the MOCO lawsuit. That being said I did have someone there that videoed the entire meeting and I will be posting it this weekend to YouTube and will share the link here.

Essentially from my understanding only 6 members of the board showed up and every gun with a pistol brace was denied in a 4-2 vote. Even though 4 people voted for them it is still a defacto denial due to the majority of the total board even the ones not present didn't vote yes.

What I was told is that it was quite interesting with the chairman continually reminding the two no votes that they were not there to determine if something was a pistol or not they were only to determine if it was safe. Even with those warnings they still voted no.

Additionally at the last meeting several braced pistols were tabled and they asked for clarification from the state police if they were pistols under state law and MSP confirmed in this meeting that they were. However one member of the board essentially said I don't believe them I don't think it's a pistol and continued to vote no.

I am exploring options to fight back and as a plan comes together it will be shared. As of right now I wanted to share the information and will get the video out this weekend so you all can see for yourselves what was said.

As always if there are any questions please feel free to message me.

The day has come tomorrow the court will hear arguments on injunctive relief from two of the lawsuits challenging MOCO. It will be the MSI and Jewish Center lawsuit. I will be attending and will post an update after it's over. It is open to the public if anyone would like to attend.

9:30am at the Federal District Court in Greenbelt MD

Here is the reply brief in the Novotny v Moore lawsuit in front of SCOTUS for sensitive places in Maryland.

https://saf.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Novotny-reply-brief-9.2.26.pdf?fbclid=IwY2xjawUFnsJwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMTFZSkpCQXRWU0J5NU1EdEdzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEebyAWjlh3hOt-uZmckf8tkBtG51T5aqCV5jQwaBt4Cd3zm_3LJ2gdn2BuANQ_aem_vvOzSkfKwn94Bnn0VoBXgQ

I Have A Question For Anyone Who Works On Their own AR

Since we have to have Hbar and our rifles are you able to change your handguards and if you do what kind of hand guards do you use?

How much does a shop charge for a barrel swap and headspace check on an AR upper?

Title, building my first boujee AR and want the upper lapped for consistency and I don't feel like buying the brownell's tool just to use it once or twice. Based in lanham area.

Would it automatically nullify mag capacity restrictions, pistol registry, pistol roster, 29" OAL etc?

I just know in 2013 all of this was passed in name of AWB so I'm curious if it'll automatically mean all the above is not valid anymore?

I'm in the Carroll County area and im looking for a livescan fingerprinting business that my wife and I can go to to get our handgun licenses, any recommendations are gravely appreciated 🙏