In a major development in the struggle to control mass shootings, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has upheld Maryland’s assault weapons ban as constitutional. The ruling, like a preliminary Seventh Circuit ruling involving an Illinois ban, differs from the recent ruling by a federal district court to strike down New Jersey’s ban. Eventually, the issue is sure to reach the Supreme Court.
The masterful opinion for the whole court, sitting en banc as a single body, was written by Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, a Reagan appointee who is one of the most broadly respected appellate judges in the country. It lays out a roadmap for the Supreme Court to follow by explaining clearly that AR-15s are favored by terrorists and other mass shooters; that they are not suitable for self-defense; and that the framers of the Constitution would have welcomed their regulation, just as they embraced laws that protected Americans against analogous dangers.
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Publish date : 2024-08-11 01:01:00
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