The Supreme Court refused to hear the objections on Monday the law on weapons in Delaware and Maryland.
Judges rejected an appeal by gun enthusiasts and firearms advocacy groups in Delaware to block the state’s ban on assault rifles and high-capacity ammunition magazines after a lower court refused to grant a preliminary injunction against the ban.
Delaware’s gun safety laws passed in 2022 ban a variety of semi-automatic “assault” long rifles, including AR-15s and AK47s, although it allows those who owned such weapons before the law was passed to keep the firearms under certain conditions, according to Reuters.
High Courtwhich has a conservative 6-3 majority, also declined to hear a case challenging Maryland’s handgun licensing requirements, which require safety training, fingerprinting and passing a background check before a gun can be purchased.
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The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear challenges to gun laws in Delaware and Maryland. (Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images, File)
Opponents argued that the handgun law violated the Second Amendment because it made it too difficult for people to obtain guns.
Judges rejected an appeal by gun enthusiasts and firearms advocacy groups in Delaware to block the state’s ban on assault rifles and high-capacity ammunition magazines. (REUTERS/George Frey, File)
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The law was passed after 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, where 20 first-graders and six teachers were killed.
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A three-judge appeals panel later struck down the law after a landmark 2022 Supreme Court ruling that expanded gun rights and said firearms laws must be firmly rooted in the country’s historical traditions, even though the entire 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals -and later revived the law after a majority found it fit within historical firearms regulations.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
