Posted on 03/06/2016 4:17:17 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A federal appeals court on Friday reversed course and agreed to reconsider a February ruling on Maryland's stringent gun control law, which includes a ban on so-called assault weapons.
A three-judge panel last month sided with gun-rights advocates when, for the first time, it determined that owning semiautomatic firearms such as AR-15s and AK-47s amounts to a "fundamental right" deserving the highest level of protection under the Constitution.
"In our view, Maryland law implicates the core protection of the Second Amendment -- the right of law-abiding responsible citizens to use arms in defense of hearth and home," wrote Chief Judge William Traxler in the divided ruling.
But in a brief order Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit effectively wiped out that earlier decision and agreed to rehear the case "en banc," which means all the judges in active service on the court -- 15 in total -- will hold a hearing jointly and decide the case anew....
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The headline is a fundamental misunderstanding of the term “fundamental right” and all that term includes. Fundamental rights cannot be taken away, merely suppressed by oligarchs.
Ask the judge if it’s OK to own a Remington 7400??
Same one that now likes Hb-1 visas, he didn't like them two weeks ago, he did like them two years ago.
How about a law for mandatory 3 years for calling a semi auto rifle an “assault rifle”
Someone must have informed the judges that an AR15 is no “assault” rifle, but if the ruling used the term, then we would have a “fundamental” right to purchase a full automatic, suppressed or not, M16 or similar......
Talk about voiding most if not all of the NFA, the GCA ad the FOPA and hundreds of other federal laws....
Words have meaning.
Whew! Now my ex-wife can not buy an assault weapon hehe..
Maryland, California, Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and the like fell off the cliff long ago. We travel alot in an RV and there are certain states and cities we take long detours around like this place. We still avoid the Chicago area and metros like that. It’s lots of extra miles, but who cares?
But now it goes before the whole court...
The lower court held that having an “assault weapon” was a fundamental right.
Need some analysis of this....
Do you mean the one that specifically said an AR-15 was not an assault weapon?
Sounds like it’s not a done deal. (yet)
I never pay attention much to the rules but need to start.
You can carry your firearms in your car, provided they are not accessible from the passenger cabin. Placed in a closed container, and locked in trunk is legal, passing through any area. At least that is what the gun salesman at Cabella’s told me. I have not spent time researching this personally. So please be sure to check with any local law enforcenment first.
These idiots are pretending they don't know that the purpose of 2A is so citizens can cast off tyrannical government.
Do you know what a Remington 7400 is?
In states that have outlawed certain weapons and magazines you would probably be arrested if you possess what they consider illegal.
I hope you intended that as a joke...LOL
So this now goes to the whole court. Say the court decides that The People cannot own AR-15’s and the like. It gets bumped up to SCOTUS. If the Supremes hear it before the vacancy is filled and end up in a tie, the Maryland court decision will stand, setting precedent. With my limited knowledge, I’m not sure if this could happen, but perhaps possible???
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