Supreme Court denies challenges to state laws banning assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines

Supreme Court rejects Maryland AR-15 case, and interest groups respond

BALTIMORE — It’s not clear if the Supreme Court’s decision to deny two gun cases, including a challenge to a Maryland ban on AR-15s, a semi-automatic rifle, will influence how other gun cases are determined. However, gun owners say the…

Klar: Supreme Court Keeps Its Powder Dry in Second Amendment Challenge

It might appear at first blush that the Supreme Court’s June 2 rejection of a Petition for Writ of Certiorari challenging Maryland’s 2013 ban of so-called “assault rifles” means blue-state restrictions on these and other controversial weapons are constitutionally secure. However, the Court has not decided any such thing; it has only deferred when that ... Read more Source

An Official Journal Of The NRA | SCOTUS Turns Down Pair of Second Amendment Cases

Though the Supreme Court turned down these cases, it may very well change its tune in the near future.

Clarence Thomas delivered one blistering message that left weapons ban advocates furious - Political Animal News

Justice Clarence Thomas can’t have been thrilled at what the Supreme Court just did on one challenge to Maryland weapons law. The Supreme Court’s rulings have been a mixed bag for conservatives despite Republican-appointed Justices now holding a Court majority. They just dealt a crushing blow. But Clarence Thomas delivered one blistering message that […]

The Supreme Court Shoots Blanks at American Gun Grabbers

Teacher, union boss, Senate president – Val Lawson has the power to ban assault weapons in Rhode Island. Will she use it? - The Boston Globe

Val Lawson is going to teach all of Rhode Island a lesson about politics – and herself – over the next couple of weeks.