The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear arguments in a significant Second Amendment challenge to Maryland’s ban on certain semi-automatic weapons, a move that leaves the state’s law in place.
Maryland’s ban, enacted after the deadly 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, prohibits the sale or ownership of certain semi-automatic weapons such as AR- and AK-style rifles. The law was challenged by David Snope, a state resident who wants to purchase those rifles for self-defense and other purposes.
The Supreme Court also declined to hear a challenge to Rhode Island’s ban on high-capacity gun magazines, leaving that law in place.
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