Maryland Officials Defeat Challenge to ‘Red Flag’ Law Seizure

A Maryland man can’t proceed with a challenge to the state’s “red flag” law on the ground that it unconstitutionally allows firearm seizures based on a “reasonableness” finding, because a state court used a more exacting standard when applying it to him, a federal district judge said.

Donald Willey didn’t state a cause of action that the law is unconstitutional on its face because the state court found probable cause for taking away his weapons pursuant to an “extreme risk protective order,” the US District Court for the District of Maryland said March 20. A plaintiff alleging a law is ...