The Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal by a group of gun rights advocates seeking to overturn Maryland’s ban on assault-style rifles and high-capacity magazines under the Second Amendment.
The decision, a major win for gun safety advocates, leaves in place a ruling by the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals which ruled that the state may constitutionally prohibit sale and possession of the weapons.
The state legislation, enacted in 2013 after the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, specifically targets the AR-15 – the most popular rifle in America with 20-30 million in circulation. They are legal in 41 of the 50 states.
Actually a bit disappointed in this. I mean, NOW of all times you think keeping “military grade” gear out of regular citizens hands is a good idea.
Maryland is super-blue politically and includes regions of the wealthiest black people in the country. They don’t want us to have AR’s
Well, yeah. NOW of all times is exactly when the fascists would want to disarm the populace.
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I genuinely wonder if all the people I’ve had tell me Obama and Biden are going to ban all guns/they’re coming for our guns are going to have a moment of self reflection when the fascists in power come for their guns.
Or is it going to be a “only white people with no unnatural hair coloring and presenting as their birth cirtificate sex are allowed to have guns”
If they were capable of rising above their quagmire of fear and hate, they probably wouldn’t be conservatives. It’s not about facts or consistency. It’s about feelings. Mostly fear of the out-group.
Take the guns first and due process later
This was 2018.
So on your question on if they will have a moment of self reflection, I’m going to go with a no.
You already know the answer to that, Sarge
Right? My tin foil thoughts immediately went to them upholding states’ rights on this because they know which states will ban and which won’t.