I signed up on their permitting portal last week but their "reasoning" categories haven't changed. The last check box saying "personal protection", then a description about needing documented proof of threats, robberies, etc, is still there. That's where I stopped in the process because I didn't know if I was going to have to scan something. Although that category shouldn't really be there anymore, it still is. I contacted one of the approved training individuals about it and he told me to wait
My guess is someone would spend the money and it might not go anywhere until the md legislature completes their part of adjusting permitting post bruin. I think maybe you could get reimbursed for the permitting fee, but certainly not any training courses or passport pics.
I'm interested in one because I have family there. And of the few times I patronize businesses in md it's always in elkton, and that place has some real iffy areas, including a murder at a small gas station across the street where my dad works, which is also elkton PD headquarters