On Monday, the Supreme Court refused to hear the appeals Gun laws In Delaware and Maryland.
Justices have rejected an appeal by a group of firearm enthusiasts and firearms advocacy groups in Delaware to block the state's ban on assault rifles and large-capacity magazines after a lower court declined to issue a preliminary injunction against the ban.
Delaware's gun safety laws were enacted in 2022 and prohibit many semi-automatic “assault” long rifles, including the AR-15 and AK47, although they allow those who owned such weapons before the law was enacted to keep firearms under certain circumstances. According to Reuters.
supreme courtwhich has a 6-3 conservative majority, also declined to hear a case challenging Maryland's handgun licensing requirements, which require people to get safety training, submit fingerprints and pass a background check before purchasing a handgun.
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The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear challenges to gun laws in Delaware and Maryland. (Valerie Blish/Bloomberg via Getty Images, File)
The challengers argued that the handgun law violates the Second Amendment because it makes it too difficult for people to obtain guns.
The justices rejected a plea from a group of firearms enthusiasts and firearms advocacy groups in Delaware to block the state's ban on assault rifles and large-capacity magazines. (Reuters/George Fry, archive)
The law was passed after 2012 Mass shooting At Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, where 20 first-graders and six teachers were killed.
A three-judge appeals court panel later struck down the law after a landmark 2022 Supreme Court ruling that expanded gun rights and said firearms laws must have strong roots in the country's historical traditions, although the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated The law was later revived. After the majority found that it fit within historical firearms regulations.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
