A gun rights group based in Washington state has been sending letters to small towns in Maryland asking them to change gun ordinances that they say violate state law, reports the Gazette:

The Second Amendment Foundation, a nonprofit founded nearly 40 years ago, has sent letters to officials in Gaithersburg, Poolesville, Garrett Park, Cheverly, Walkersville and others, highlighting portions of each community’s code that the foundation says violate state law. The organization “respectfully requests and formally demands” that each town change its laws.

Poolesville’s code, for example, gives the town government the authority to regulate firearms during civil emergencies and allows the president of the town’s commissioners to prohibit the sale or transfer of firearms. Those provisions violate state preemption law detailed in the Maryland criminal code, which prevents local jurisdictions from enacting tougher gun laws than the state, according to the foundation.

Poolesville Town Attorney Jack A. Gullo brought the letter before the Town Commission on April 15, and commissioners are planning to amend those sections of the code, which were adopted in 1975.

“We know the town needs to change the language,” said Jim Brown, president of the Town Commission. “We’re getting a recommendation from the town attorney on the rewording.”

In Gaithersburg, weapons cannot be carried on city property, while they’re not allowed at all in Cheverly. Both those restrictions exceed state law, says the foundation.

While some of the town have quickly complied, officials in Garrett Park and Walkersville have been resistant to the group’s demands. The foundation also sent letters to Rockville, Takoma Park, Greenbelt, Morningside, Frederick, Cumberland, Hagerstown, Ocean City, Baltimore, and Annapolis.