Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to give him additional time to devise a response to a challenge to the state’s decade-old “assault weapons” ban.
Brown asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to extend the state’s response by one month to a request for certification filed by the plaintiffs in Bianchi v. Brown, citing that he is busy with “other assignments.” I asked. According to on court documents. The court’s decision in this case could determine whether the ban on “assault weapons” is constitutional. (Related: Georgia Supreme Court reinstates six-week abortion ban after lower court rules it unconstitutional)
The ban was passed in 2013 after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that left 20 children and six adults dead. Rifles subject to the ban include AK-pattern rifles, large anti-material rifles such as the Barrett .50 caliber M82 rifle, and the ubiquitous AR-15 platform.
“Maryland sought a further extension to respond to a cert petition in our case challenging Maryland’s assault weapons ban. We oppose the state’s request,” said the plaintiffs, the gun rights group Firearms Policy Coalition. said X Wednesday. “The state of Maryland has canceled our certificate application (filed in August) because it needs to respond to another certificate application submitted two weeks ago (which did not request an extension). He said he needed more time to respond.
AR-15 rifles and other weapons are displayed on a table at a shooting range during the Rod of Iron Freedom Festival on October 12, 2019 in Greeley, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Spencer Pratt/Getty Images)
The lawsuit was originally filed in 2020, with plaintiffs including the Second Amendment Foundation, Citizens Committee on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, and FPC. According to For submission to court. They claim that Maryland has banned semi-automatic firearms in public ownership, stripping “millions of individuals” of their right to bear arms.
Gun rights advocates previously told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the “assault weapons” ban would likely be ruled unconstitutional in this case.
The case was appealed to the Supreme Court in 2022 and May 2024, and both cases were remanded to the lower court. According to Go to FPC website. The latest petition from August highlights how this case builds on lower court rulings and suggests the Supreme Court has a better way to answer the question of “assault weapons” once and for all. Provided. According to For submission to court.
“This case is the perfect vehicle for this Court to provide guidance and modify the framework of Second Amendment rights,” the plaintiffs said in their petition. “Unlike previous “weapons ban” cases that made similar errors and resulted in post-Bruen special writ petitions, this case does not present a final determination on the merits by the appellate court (at least en banc). The situation is tense. These issues pertain to common semi-automatic rifles, including the typical AR-15 platform rifle, which is arguably the most commonly used firearm today. ”
FPC and Brown’s office did not immediately respond to DCNF’s requests for comment.
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