Supreme Court Lets Maryland Gun Licensing Law Stand

Maryland officials said that the Maryland law is constitutional because it contains narrow standards and has not been “put toward abusive ends.”

Guns in a store in Maryland in an undated file photograph. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 13 declined to look at a lower court ruling that upheld Maryland’s law requiring a state license to buy a handgun, letting the law stand.

Justices included the decision in an order list and did not offer any explanation for the move.