The Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal by a group of gun rights advocates seeking to overturn Maryland’s ban on assault-style rifles and high-capacity magazines under the Second Amendment.
The decision, a major win for gun safety advocates, leaves in place a ruling by the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals which ruled that the state may constitutionally prohibit sale and possession of the weapons.
The state legislation, enacted in 2013 after the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, specifically targets the AR-15 – the most popular rifle in America with 20-30 million in circulation. They are legal in 41 of the 50 states.
Funny seeing the “don’t take automatic weapons - we need those to protect against fascism!” people making comments under this news post - but never see them under the news posts about all the fascism 🤔
A full third of adult Americans won’t take a couple of hours out of their day every FOUR YEARS to vote, but they definitely all need access to AR-15s because of how serious they are about (checks notes) defending their democracy?