HUGE NEWS: The 4th Circuit Upholds Maryland's Assault Weapon Ban

Huge Ruling, and Not Much of it is Good. Washington Gun Law President, William Kirk, discusses the holdings of Bianchi v. Brown, the 4th Circuit's new judicial re-write of the Second Amendment. In upholding Maryland's assault weapon ban, the en banc panel of the 4th Circuit has outdone themselves with a litany of new rules created out of thin air. The only redeeming quality is that this ruling now brings an end to this painful chapter of litigation thus making this case ripe for Supreme Court review. So learn more today and arm yourself with education.

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[PyroRob]

Just more BS. These judges need to be sent packing.

[KurtOnoIR]

I'm sick of these people. Scotus needs to address this like now.

[philbuckhannon]

I had no idea a "well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state" was for personal defense.

[Redacted-Information]

I hope this is the ACTUAL Roadmap to the Destruction of the NFA!
By these disingenuous court rulings!

[keithmalmberg]

The mental gymnastics that these judges are willing to use is amazing. They are willing to intentionally lie about the historical rulings of the courts then invent new secondary tests that have never been applied just to make sure that they can reach a verdict that they want.
It might be to late to save the country.

[jeff.]

I have a feeling the 2nd, 7th and 9th circuit courts are sending nasty grams to the 4th saying "what have you idiots done?".

[Hill-J]

I hate living in Maryland I really freakin do

[cherenkov_blue]

And now to SCOTUS to remedy this issue. After all, they supposedly only refused to take the case to allow it to conclude.

[EadDeeTree]

50 year resident of MD. This state has sucked for my life

[u]

This is kinda good news…. Since it’s a final ruling - now it’s ripe for SCOTUS review! No interlocutory excuses!

[PrayingPanda]

They do realize that even the Congress that passed the NFA in 1934 RECOGNIZED that the MILITARY WEAPONS they were trying to restrict COULD NOT BE BANNED?

[gtcam]

How are the people supposed to continue to take the laws seriously when the judicial system clearly doesn’t and instead just interprets it however fits their needs and agenda?

[TheMailmanOfSteel]

It's amazing how they all ignore the Miller case in their justification that Military arms aren't covered by the 2nd Amendment.

[benjamincole]

We need to sue Inslee for violation of oath of office!

[sonofliberty]

Sucks. I live in Maryland and have been praying the courts prevail on this one. Shame

[PrayingPanda]

This enrages me to no end. All i heard was "interest balancing".

[J.TiberiusKirk]

Having to live with this as a Maryland resident I am not at all surprised this ruling was made. SCOTUS is going to have to make the final decision at some point on appeal of this 4th Circuit decision. Semi-automatic AR type rifles are, beyond a reasonable doubt, clearly in common use.

[afnDavid]

Quite evident that there we suffer under despots who hate the 2nd.

[TheBdb]

"We hold that the the covered firearms are not withing the scope of the constitutional right to keep and bear arms for self-defense." I had to go back and reread the Second Amendment, just to be sure that I was remembering it correctly. Yep I was right, no where in there did it say anything about self-defense.

[BadDadio]

Finally one of these cases gets all the way through the lower courts. This must be appealed to the Supreme Court this next term. Hopefully they’ll take it up and restore our rights.