Maryland senator introduces "can't carry anywhere" bill

While the Democrat-controlled state legislature in Maryland didn’t immediately respond to the Supreme Court’s decision in Bruen, lawmakers are coming after the right to bear arms with a vengeance in the new year.

The very first bill filed in the Maryland State Senate this year, ironically titled the “Gun Safety Act of 2023”, would create a number of new “gun-free zones” where firearms are banned; so many, in fact, that the right to carry would exist largely only in theory.

Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher, a Democrat from Montgomery County, is the author of Senate Bill 1, which makes it a misdemeanor for anyone (concealed carry holder or not) to carry a firearm within 100 feet of a “place of public accommodation”; a phrase so broadly defined that it would be virtually impossible for those with a concealed carry license to carry in almost every community in the state.