Legal Opinion
James Hamilton v. William Pallozzi
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 17, 2017No. 16-1222PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD, Circuit Judge:
Appellant James Hamilton is a convicted felon in Virginia who has had his civil rights restored by the Governor of Virginia and his firearms rights restored by the Virginia courts. Now, as a resident of Maryland, he desires to obtain a permit for a handgun and possess a long gun, both of which he is unable to do in Maryland absent a full pardon from the Governor of Virginia. He brought this as-applied Second Amendment challenge to Maryland’s firearms regulatory scheme, arguing that the scheme is unconstitutional as applied to him. The district court dismissed his…
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