The act prohibits individuals from knowingly wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm in certain locations.
The Maryland governor is facing a lawsuit from the NRA after signing the Gun Safety Act of 2023 into law on Tuesday
The bill was signed amid a surge of mass shootings in the US, which have nearly doubled from 2018 through the end of last year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The National Rifle Association (NRA) is joined in the suit by a regulated firearms dealer, which calls the bill “unconstitutional.”
The suit asks the court to declare that portions of the law that require carry permits violate the First, Second, and 14th Amendments, enjoin the state from enforcing those portions, and award damages and attorney fees for bringing the suit.
Wes Moore claimed the gun-control measures would “help keep our communities safe from gun crimes,” and “help get guns off our streets”
Wes Moore press secretary responded to the lawsuit by stating that the governor is committed to doing everything in his power to make Maryland a safer home for everyone, and that “we’re saving lives while they are politically posturing.” The NRA, however, claims the law will only prevent law-abiding people from exercising their rights, and that “more guns on the street is the solution when that is actually the problem.”
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