Supreme Court Stuns Conservatives With Decision On Critical 2A Case
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on June 2, 2025
By michael
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to a ban on so-called assault weapons in Maryland, upholding a ruling from a lower court. Conservatives across the country were left reeling by news of the decision.
By opting not to review the ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, the highest court in the nation dodges a serious battle concerning gun rights. They avoid having to weigh in on whether the Second Amendment allows individual states to regulate rifles, such as the AR-15.
Three Justices, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch, all disagreed with the court’s decision to turn the case away.
SCOTUS’s rejection of the case isn’t the first. They turned away a legal battle over the same law last year due to a federal appeals court not ruling on it. However, the 4th Circuit backed the measure in August 2024.
The court said weapons such as the AR-15 could be banned because, at least in part, they fall outside the scope of the Second Amendment.
“But the question of whether AR-15s are protected by the Second Amendment is likely to be soon decided by the Supreme Court. In a separate statement, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that the issue is currently being considered by other federal appeals courts, and rulings from them ‘should assist this court’s ultimate decisionmaking.’ He predicted appeals to the Supreme Court will be before the court ‘shortly,’ and said the justices ‘should and presumably will address the AR-15 issue soon, in the next term or two,'” CBS News reported.
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