Legal Opinion
Maryland Committee Against the Gun Ban v. Mayor of Baltimore
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided June 18, 1992No. 963, September Term, 1991PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILNER, Chief Judge.
One of the more controversial pieces of legislation introduced into the 1988 session of the General Assembly was an Administration Bill (HB 1131) designed to stanch the flow of cheap, low quality, easily concealable handguns on to the streets. It created a Handgun Roster Review Board to develop a roster of guns that fit certain criteria set out in the bill and then prohibited distribution in Maryland of any gun on that roster. When the bill passed (1988 Md. Laws, ch. 533), appellant, as a political committee, spearheaded an effort to refer the measure to the voters (Md.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Kaczorowski v. Mayor of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1987
- Hamilton, Superintendent v. VerdowCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1980
- Cranford v. Montgomery CountyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1984
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Blythe v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2005
- Briscoe v. Mayor and City of BaltimoreCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1994
- Maryland Committee Against the Gun Ban v. SimmsDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1993