The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Montgomery County, Maryland, alleging its new Bill 23-26 violates the Second Amendment by restricting law-abiding citizens from carrying firearms in public. The law prohibits firearms at thousands of locations and establishes a 100-yard exclusion zone around each site, applying even to licensed individuals with property owner consent. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon stated the ordinance makes lawful firearm carrying nearly impossible during daily activities. The lawsuit cites the Supreme Court’s Wolford v. Lopez decision, which deemed bans on firearms in routinely visited public places unconstitutional. The Civil Rights Division’s Second Amendment Section enforces related laws and invites complaints from affected individuals at https://www.justice.gov/crt/second-amendment-section.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
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