Court Allows Maryland Rabbi (and Apparently Congregation's Volunteer Security Guards) Right to Carry Guns in Synagogue
The decision yesterday by Judge Deborah Chasanow (D. Montgomery County is long, and also deals with some other matters. But, among other things, it concludes that the ordinance likely violates the Second Amendment and, because it sets up a special limitation on places of worship, the Free Exercise Clause.
- ▪The decision yesterday by Judge Deborah Chasanow (D.
- ▪Montgomery County is long, and also deals with some other matters.
- ▪But, among other things, it concludes that the ordinance likely violates the Second Amendment and, because it sets up a special limitation on places of worship, the Free Exercise Clause.
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Guns Court Allows Maryland Rabbi (and Apparently Congregation's Volunteer Security Guards) Right to Carry Guns in Synagogue Eugene Volokh | 9.11.2026 9:28 AM An Montgomery County ordinance bans all carrying of guns at places of worship (except by security guards licensed to carry a gun), even when the administrators of the place want to allow such carrying. The decision yesterday by Judge Deborah Chasanow (D. Md.) in Silver Spring Jewish Center v. Montgomery County is long, and also deals with some other matters. But, among other things, it concludes that the ordinance likely violates the Second Amendment and, because it sets up a special limitation on places of worship, the Free Exercise Clause. Andrew Morris and Jacob Huebert of the New Civil Liberties Alliance represent plaintiffs.
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