So Stossel showing them internet postings that he should be killed wasn't enough to prove to them that he had reason to carry a gun?...I can't stand may issue states.
Maryland is a may issue state and were sued by a little guy (Woolard) when he was denied. He initially won with the judge ruling that individuals don't have to prove to the state a reason why they wan to exercise their Constitutional rights. The state appealed and won. Their desire to reduce gun violence trumped his 2A rights. SCOTUS would not hear the case.
The Court found that, while the "good cause" requirement does indeed infringe upon Woollard's Second Amendment rights, the requirement nevertheless passes intermediate scrutiny (the standard previously determined applicable in Masciandaro and Chester, heard by the same Circuit), by holding that Maryland's desire to reduce handgun violence is a "substantial government interest", and that the "good cause" requirement is "reasonably fitted" to this interest in several ways, primarily by reducing the number of guns on the street, which the Court agreed with the Appellants provides several secondary effects that significantly reduce handgun violence and increase the ability of the police to distinguish criminals from law-abiding citizens.
Governments have always at war with the little guy. Always have been, always will be.