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Watch The Supremes

The U.S. Supreme Court gets back to work on the first Monday in October, and gun rights activists are waiting to see whether the justices grant certiorari to a case that’s been pending for more than two years: the challenge of Maryland’s ban on so-called “assault weapons.”

The case, originally known as Bianchi v. Frosh, was filed by the Second Amendment Foundation, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Firearms Policy Coalition, one business and several private citizens. The business has relocated out of state, and so as one of the original plaintiffs, but the case is still very much alive.

In June 2022, one week after striking down New York’s unconstitutional “good cause” concealed carry requirement, the high court granted certiorari to the case, reversed a Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling upholding ban, and remanded the case back to the lower court to be reconsidered under new guidelines established in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.

SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb was hopeful at this writing the high court will once again grant review and actually hear the case. After all, the court already granted certiorari once, and remanded. If it happens, this could be the case which finally resolves the question whether AR-15 and similar modern semi-auto rifles are protected by the Second Amendment, as most intelligent people have already concluded. We just need the Supreme Court stamp of approval.

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