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Handgun Permit Review Board

Maryland’s Handgun Permit Review Board is set to go dormant — at least temporarily. The General Assembly this year passed legislation to abolish the…

The two chambers of the Maryland General Assembly are taking dramatically different approaches to a top priority for Democrats — the creation of a…

The Maryland Senate gave final approval on Monday evening to a measure that would abolish the state’s handgun permit review board. The panel, to which citizens…

Senate Judicial Proceedings Chair Robert A. Zirkin (D-Baltimore County) found himself in the uncomfortable position of tiebreaker Tuesday afternoon during the committee’s vote on…

A Maryland Senate committee voted in favor of a bill to repeal the state’s Handgun Permit Review Board on Monday, but another committee will…

The Maryland Senate narrowly voted down three nominees to the state’s Handgun Permit Review Board early Friday afternoon. The 21-25 vote came after nearly…

With respect to the Feb. 18 Maryland Matters article on the Handgun Permit Review Board some basic facts about the board, the law and…

Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s three nominees to the Handgun Permit Review Board were voted down in committee Monday night, marking the third straight…

In the last four months, the Department of Maryland State Police has appealed nearly two dozen decisions by the Handgun Permit Review Board, a…

The Maryland Senate committee charged with vetting gubernatorial nominees has questions about the Handgun Permit Review Board – again. Members of the Senate Executive…