By Elaine Donnelly
Extending sexual misconduct to combat units

A federal appeals court is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday on the constitutionality of Maryland's controversial requirement that legal gun owners have a "good and substantial reason" to carry concealed weapons.

A federal judge is considering whether to block enforcement of a recent court ruling that would relax Maryland's handgun-permit law.

A federal judge has struck down a Maryland law barring residents from receiving handgun permits unless they have a "good and substantial reason," in an opinion that gun rights advocates celebrated Monday as a "monumentally important decision."