Reason to carry: gun rules overturned.

• Author: Doherty, Brian
• Position: Citings - Brief article

You DON'T need a state-approved reason to exercise your Second Amendment rights, according to a federal judge in Maryland. In March the judge struck down a state law requiring permit applicants to give a "good and substantial reason" for carrying handguns in public.

The case involved Raymond Woollard, a Baltimore County resident who brandished a shotgun as part of a struggle with an intruder who wanted to steal his car on Christmas Eve in 2oo2.Arguing that the intruder, his...