In 2017, the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that a Maryland ban on certain firearms defined as “assault weapons” was consistent with the Second Amendment. In 2022, the Supreme Court in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen announced a history-based test for assessing whether a f…
Assault Weapons Ban of 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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