In a major victory for gun rights advocates, a federal appeals court on Thursday sided with a broad coalition of gun owners, businesses and organizations that challenged the constitutionality of a Maryland ban on assault weapons and other laws aimed at curbing gun violence. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit said the state's prohibition on what the court called "the vast majority of semi-automatic rifles commonly kept by several million American citizens" amounted to a violation of their rights under the Constitution.
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(Hat tip: KimR)
Friday, February 5, 2016
People Have A 'Fundamental Right' To Own Assault Weapons, Court Rules
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2nd Amendment,
assault weapons,
guns,
rights
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