Supreme Court leaves in place Maryland's ban on assault-style rifles.
'The Supreme Court declined to take up a pair of gun-rights cases Monday, leaving in place Maryland’s ban on semiautomatic military-style rifles and Rhode Island’s restrictions on large-capacity magazines holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
The court’s action drew dissents from three conservatives, showing the Supreme Court still divided on how to handle Second Amendment cases after the justices expanded gun rights in a 2022 landmark decision.
Justice Clarence Thomas said the high court should have reviewed the lower court ruling in the Maryland case and not put off the question of whether the government can ban the most popular rifle in America. The answer, he wrote, is of “critical importance to tens of millions of law-abiding AR-15 owners throughout the country.”
Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh agreed with the decision to sidestep the cases for now, but wrote separately to caution against reading too much into Maryland’s ban remaining intact. He called the lower court ruling upholding the law “questionable” and said the Supreme Court should eventually address the validity of bans on assault-style rifles like the AR-15 in the next term or two.'>>>
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