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FILE – The Supreme Court docket at sundown in Washington, Feb. 13, 2016. (AP Photograph/Jon Elswick, File)
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday turned again a problem to a strict gun licensing legislation in Maryland.
The excessive court docket declined to listen to the case in a quick order handed down with out elaboration, as is typical.
The challengers argued that the handgun legislation violates the Second Modification by making it too laborious for individuals to get weapons. The legislation, handed after the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, requires individuals to get security coaching, submit fingerprints and go a background examine earlier than shopping for a handgun. The state says these are cheap security measures.
The legislation was struck down by a three-judge appeals court docket panel after a landmark 2022 Supreme Court ruling that expanded gun rights and stated firearm legal guidelines will need to have sturdy roots within the nation’s historic traditions. It was later revived, although, by the complete 4th U.S. Circuit Court docket of Appeals. The bulk discovered that it does match inside historic firearm rules.
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