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Maryland Firearms History

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Maryland sits in a weird spot historically — a state that hosted Beretta for four decades, still has Aberdeen Proving Ground running weapons testing since 1917, and yet has been outpacing federal gun restrictions since before most of us were born. That tension is real and it shows up in the culture every time someone from Western Maryland or the Eastern Shore has to deal with laws written for Baltimore. Maryland has no state constitutional right to keep and bear arms. That absence shapes eve...

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Maryland Firearms History

Maryland sits in a peculiar position in American firearms history -- a state with deep colonial and revolutionary roots, a significant military manufacturing presence, and one of the most restrictive gun law frameworks in the country. That tension is

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