Susannah Kipke v. Wes Moore
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · No. 24-1799
👎Unfavorable to gun rights
Panel majority left Maryland's sensitive-places carry restrictions in force and undid injunctions the district court had entered against several of them.
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What the court held
Maryland permit holders and gun-rights organizations challenged a 2023 law barring licensed carry in a list of locations, including schools, government buildings, healthcare facilities, and establishments that sell alcohol for on-site consumption. The Fourth Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part, sustaining the challenged location restrictions as consistent with the historical tradition of regulating firearms in sensitive places and reversing the district court's injunctions against the provisions it had struck down, including the ban at premises serving alcohol. Judge Agee concurred as to the school, government-building, and healthcare restrictions but would have held the remaining location bans unconstitutional and enjoined them.
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What this case is about
Maryland sensitive-places restrictions on licensed carry
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Key Dates
- 2026-01-20 — Decided
- 2025-05-07 — Argued
Sources
- CourtListener — retrieved 2026-08-08
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