Assault weapons not protected under the Second Amendment, rules Federal Court
People join together after a school shooting that killed 17 to protest against guns on 17 February 2018 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Joe Raedle/Getty Images/ A federal appeals court has ruled that the assault weapons banned by the state of Maryland’s ban on 45 kinds of assault weapons and 10-round magazines has been upheld. The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia ruled: “we have no power to extend Second Amendment protections to weapons of war”. Maryland had passed its law in the wake of the tragic 2012 mass shooting at ...
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