Maryland’s ban on semiautomatic assault-style rifles and large-capacity magazines is constitutional, a divided en banc Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday.
“The assault weapons at issue fall outside the ambit of protection offered by the Second Amendment because, in essence, they are military-style weapons designed for sustained combat operations that are ill-suited and disproportionate to the need for self-defense,” Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson wrote for the majority. “Moreover, the Maryland law fits comfortably within our nation’s tradition of firearms regulation.”
The ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upholds Maryland’s Firearm Safety Act of 2013, enacted in …
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