MARYLAND COMMITTEE v. MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE

No. 963, September Term, 1991.

91 Md. App. 251 (1992)

603 A.2d 1364

MARYLAND COMMITTEE AGAINST THE GUN BAN v. MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Certiorari Granted June 18, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard J. Fezell, Frederick, for appellant.

William R. Phelan, Jr., Sr. Sol. (Neal M. Janey, City Sol. and Frank C. Derr, Principal Counsel, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellees.

Argued Before WILNER, C.J., and GARRITY and BLOOM, JJ.


WILNER, Chief Judge.

One of the more controversial pieces of legislation introduced into the 1988 session of the General Assembly was an Administration Bill (HB 1131) designed to stanch the flow of cheap, low quality, easily concealable handguns on to the streets. It created a Handgun Roster Review Board to develop a roster of guns that fit certain criteria set out in the bill and then prohibited distribution in Maryland of any gun on that roster. When the bill passed...

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