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The Supreme Court refused to hear the challenges on Monday gun laws in Delaware and Maryland.
Judges rejected an appeal by a group of 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 issue a preliminary injunction against the ban.
Delaware’s gun safety laws were enacted in 2022 and ban several semi-automatic “assault” long guns, such as the AR-15 and AK47, although it allows owners of those weapons before the enactment of the law to keep firearms under certain conditions. according to Reuters.
The superior courtwhich has a conservative 6-3 majority, also declined to hear a case challenging Maryland’s handgun licensing requirements, which require people to receive safety training, submit fingerprints and pass a background check ‘background before buying a gun.
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On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to hear challenges to gun laws in Delaware and Maryland. (Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images, File)
The challengers argued that the handgun law violates the Second Amendment by making it too difficult for people to obtain guns.
Judges rejected a call by a group of firearms enthusiasts and gun advocacy groups in Delaware to block the state’s ban on assault rifles and large-capacity ammunition magazines capacity (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 died.
A three-judge appeals court later struck down the law after a landmark 2022 Supreme Court ruling that expanded firearms rights and said firearms laws had of having strong roots in the country’s historical traditions, although the law was later revived by the US 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. after the majority found it conformed to historical firearms regulations.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
