The Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal by a group of gun rights advocates seeking to overturn Maryland’s ban on assault-style rifles and high-capacity magazines under the Second Amendment.
The decision, a major win for gun safety advocates, leaves in place a ruling by the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals which ruled that the state may constitutionally prohibit sale and possession of the weapons.
The state legislation, enacted in 2013 after the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, specifically targets the AR-15 – the most popular rifle in America with 20-30 million in circulation. They are legal in 41 of the 50 states.
Guns arent the issue. The issue is that we do absolutely nothing about mental health here. But sure lets take away the ability for other people besides far right nutters to have those guns because thats easier to do than actually putting in work to improve our society. Go bark up a different tree.
That is a real head in the sand point if view. Guns are definitely an issue.
So let me pose you a question then. Should we ban certain kinds of cars or motorcycles ? People get hurt by those all the time including children. You should agree unless your ideology is hurting children correct ?
Ah yes “guns don’t kill people, people do”
Does the gun load itself ? Does it grow legs and walk to a school ? No it doesn’t. It takes a person to do all that. Should we ban kitchen knives too since those could also be used in a mass casualty event ?