Legal Issues Maryland ban on assault-style weapons upheld by U.S. appeals court. 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals repeatedly cites seminal ‘Heller’ decision, which enshrined right to arms for ...

SILVER SPRING, Maryland — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld Maryland’s decade-old ban on military-style firearms commonly referred to as assault weapons. A majority of 4th U.S. Circuit ...

A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld Maryland’s ban on assault weapons, with impassioned majority and dissenting opinions that sparred over how recent Supreme Court gun rights precedents ...

This is not the first time the 4th Circuit has considered Maryland’s assault weapons ban. The appeals court upheld the ban in 2017, but gun rights advocates challenged the law again in 2020 and ...

Federal appeals court upholds Maryland's ban on assault-style weapons The law, which was passed after the Sandy Hook school shooting, bans dozens of firearms — including AR-15s, AK-47s and the ...

Maryland can ban assault-style weapons such as the AR-15, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, bolstering gun control efforts across the country under legal threat. The majority ruling from the ...

A federal appellate court upheld Maryland’s ban on the sale and possession of certain military-style “assault weapons” in a ruling on Tuesday. In an opinion written by Judge James Harvie ...

SILVER SPRING, Md. (7News/AP) — A federal appeals court upheld Maryland's ban on assault weapons Tuesday, declaring the ban constitutional and hinting at another possible challenge within the ...

Three variations of the AR-15 assault rifle are displayed at the California Department of Justice in 2012. A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld Maryland's decade-old ban on military-style ...

SILVER SPRING, Maryland — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld Maryland’s decade-old ban on military-style firearms commonly referred to as assault weapons. A majority of 4th U.S. Circuit ...