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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear the gun laws in Delaware and Maryland.
A judge rejected an appeal by a group of gun enthusiasts and gun advocacy groups in Delaware seeking to block the state from banning assault-style rifles and high-capacity ammunition magazines after a lower court declined to issue a preliminary injunction challenging the ban.
Delaware’s gun safety law, enacted in 2022, bans a variety of semi-automatic “assault” long guns, including AR-15s and AK47s, although it allows people who owned such weapons before the law was enacted to keep the guns under certain conditions. According to Reuters.
high courtRepublicans, who hold a 6-3 conservative majority, have also declined to hear cases challenging Maryland’s handgun licensing requirements, which require people to receive safety training, submit fingerprints and pass a background check before buying a handgun.
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The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to Delaware and Maryland gun laws. (Valerie Plessy/Bloomberg via Getty Images, File)
Challengers argue that handgun laws violate the Second Amendment by making it difficult for people to obtain firearms.
A group of Delaware gun enthusiasts and gun advocacy groups filed an appeal to block the state’s ban on assault-style rifles and high-capacity ammunition magazines, and judges have rejected the request. (Reuters/George Frey, File)
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The law was passed in 2012 mass shooting An explosion at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut killed 20 first-grade students and six educators.
A three-judge appeals court panel struck down the law after a landmark Supreme Court ruling in 2022 that expanded gun rights and said gun laws must be deeply rooted in the The country’s historic tradition, although the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit later reinstated the law with a majority finding that it did comply with historical gun regulations.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
