In Delaware, Maryland, the Supreme Court ruled on a gun law
On Monday, the Supreme Court refused to hear the objections gun laws In Delaware and Maryland.
Judges rejected a request by a group of gun enthusiasts and firearms advocacy groups in Delaware to block the state’s ban on assault-style rifles and large-capacity ammunition magazines after a lower court refused to grant a preliminary injunction against the ban.
Delaware’s gun safety laws were passed in 2022 and banned a variety of semi-automatic “assault” long guns, including the AR-15 and AK47, although it allowed those who owned such weapons before the law’s passage to keep the firearms under certain conditions, Reuters according to the information of
Supreme courtThe 6-3 conservative majority also declined to hear a case challenging Maryland’s handgun licensing requirements, which require people to take safety training, submit fingerprints and undergo a background check before buying a handgun.
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear challenges to gun laws in Delaware and Maryland. (Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg Getty Images, via File)
The petitioners argued that the handgun law violated the Second Amendment by making it too difficult for people to buy guns.
Judges in Delaware have denied a request by a group of gun enthusiasts and firearms advocacy groups to block the state’s ban on assault-style rifles and large-capacity ammunition magazines. (REUTERS/George Frey, File)
The law was adopted after 2012 mass shooting At Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, 20 first-graders and six teachers were killed.
A three-judge appeals court panel later struck down the law in 2022 following a landmark Supreme Court ruling that expanded gun rights and said firearms laws must have strong roots in the nation’s historical traditions, though the full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals The court later reinstated the law. After the majority found that it was in compliance with historical firearms regulations.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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