Supreme Court Strikes Down Lower Court Rulings Upholding Magazine, Concealed Carry, and Semi-auto Bans
Jose Nino
On the morning of June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court struck down four lower court rulings in the 9th Circuit, 3rd Circuit, and 4th Circuit. These Supreme Court’s rulings have now put gun control laws in California, Hawaii, Maryland, and New Jersey on the ropes. Lower courts previously upheld these gun control laws.
According to a press release by the National Association for Gun Rights, the gun control laws and the following appellate court rulings gave these states the power to prohibit standard capacity magazines, several semi-automatic rifles, and virtually prohibit the public carry of firearms.
“The victory here is significant and we’ll be using our legal foundation and lobbying arm in every way possible to make sure states follow through with what the Court just determined,” declared Dudley Brown, the President of the National Association for Gun Rights. “The Second Amendment is an enshrined, enumerated, incorporated, and individual right – and it’s time anti-gun states be smacked down for blatantly ruling against the Bill of Rights and Supreme Court decisions.”
A ruling in the 4th Circuit maintained Maryland’s “assault weapon” ban, two rulings in the 9th Circuit and 3rd Circuit maintained magazine bans, and a separate 9th Circuit ruling maintained Hawaii’s de facto public carry prohibition.