Maryland CCW

[jnevis]

I have nearly completed all of the requirements for a CCW permit in MD.  All the paperwork is in and I need to figure out how much detail I need to show "good and substatial reason" to carry.  I've poked around a few other site's forums on CCW in CA and MD and have got a couple ideas but I'd like to float them in front of the best bunch out there.

I work in EMS and mentioned the fact that not only do I occasionally get the areas loosers and the threat they pose thinking I might have drugs and such.  Since there is typically not a police report done when Johnny Looser threatens the ambulance crew and the police come and keep an eye on him, what other documentation would I be able to show?  We head into crappy neighborhoods.  While I won't carry on the box, not practical, sometimes it could be useful.

As a firearms instructor and competitor, I carry pistols and such all over the area and they are worth just as much as the bank guy's cash deposits that can get a permit, especially to some thug. I sent up all the docements of that too.  Again non-specific threat so no police report.

I sent up all the military records showing my involvement as military police but since I'm not doing it now does it even matter? Especially since it's from the other coast and a few years ago. 

[Hazcat]

Why would you have to justify a reason to carry?  Is MD a 'may' issue state?

[jaybet]

NJ has similar wording on the CCW permit (which almost no one gets except for retired LEO). When the judge reviews it (yes, a judge reviews your "request" to carry the arms that are your constitutional right to bear) I've heard the judges have made comments like, "Hire a bodyguard".

[twyacht]

Congrats! In Md.  The state doesn't have any reciprocity with NC CCW. and my wife's family is just outside Baltimore, gun laws are about as bad as Mass. and Ca.

Hope it didn't cost too much.  I'm sure it was a lesson in patience.

[Walter45Auto]

Why would you have to justify a reason to carry?  Is MD a 'may' issue state?

I believe most of the New England states are "May Issue."

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[tombogan03884]

I believe most of the New England states are "May Issue."

Md is about 500 miles south of New England. For those who didn't pay attention in school New England consists of Maine, (Shall issue) New Hampshire, (Shall issue) Vermont, (No permit required, only issued for use in other states) Massachushits, (May issue) Conneticut, (Don't know) Rhode Island, (Don't know).
Any thing south or west of the NY Conn state line IS NOT NEW ENGLAND.

[jnevis]

Congrats! In Md.  The state doesn't have any reciprocity with NC CCW. and my wife's family is just outside Baltimore, gun laws are about as bad as Mass. and Ca.

Hope it didn't cost too much.  I'm sure it was a lesson in patience.

Yes MD is "May issue" and they aren't exactly free but to this point the process has been relatively painless.  The Trooper that did the interview said that I had more training and was more qualified than most of teh people that apply and get one.  The problem is that I don't have any specific people that want to kill me so its pretty much over. 

Here all this goes to the State Police and they review it before a board.  Sure I could appeal if denied, but that probably won't happen, which I'm sure they've planned for.  The process for appeals is more of a PITA than the application in the first place.  First to the Troopers, then the Board, then actual court.  No time or money for all that.

[twyacht]

Something about the "STATE" crawling up, down, and all around my a** to get a 2nd Amend. Const. Right.

What other "chutes and ladders" do I have to jump through?

 

[ericire12]

"good and substatial reason"

Because if you don't issue me a permit, then I am going to sue your asses all the way to the Supreme Court!

[jnevis]

Because if you don't issue me a permit, then I am going to sue your asses all the way to the Supreme Court!

I wish I had the time/money to do that but frankly, ain't gonna happen.  Part of the state's plan too