The Supreme Court just shockingly got one right
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that it would not hear a notable Second Amendment challenge to a Maryland law banning semi-automatic rifles like the AR-15. The Court gave no reason for its ruling, which is its usual procedure. It therefore let a lower court ruling upholding the ban to stand.
Only three justices voted in favor of hearing the case. Four votes are needed for the Court to take up the matter. The Maryland law was enacted in 2013 in response to the mass shooting of young children with an AR-15 rifle at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. The state law bans many semi-automatic rifles and imposes a 10 round limit on gun magazines.
Unsurprisingly, Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from the vote, stating that the Court should have considered the question. He wrote that the Court should not “wait to decide whether the government can ban the most popular rifle in America.” He felt that the question was of critical importance to the millions of AR-15 owners throughout the country. Thank God six other Justices thought otherwise. Hopefully, the Court will continue to hold the line against the MAGA assault on our Constitution.
