Supreme Court Vacates Decision Upholding Maryland “Assault Weapon” Ban
BY PGF
2 years, 4 months ago
At The Gun Feed:
WASHINGTON, DC (June 30, 2022) – Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today that the United States Supreme Court has granted, vacated, and remanded its Bianchi v. Frosh lawsuit, which challenges Maryland’s ban on so-called “assault weapons.” The case will now return to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals “for further consideration in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen.”
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“This is an important moment,” said FPC Policy Counsel Matthew Larosiere. “We have suffered at the hands of government actors who felt empowered by a lack of clear standards from the Supreme Court. All too often, horrible restrictions which threaten jail time for simply owning a common type of arm–one the people have an undeniable right to–were allowed to stand. This case presents one of the first opportunities to give force to our right to these common firearms, and we intend to see it through.”
The case was sent back to the lower court in light of Bruen. This is good reporting; TGF has included links to case documents and other links perhaps of interest to the case.
After congress let Reagan’s ASW ban expire during Bush Jr’s administration, I bought an “Assualt Weapon” in Maryland. There was a three-day waiting list. And get this: The county police showed up during that three days to inspect the weapon. I was young and very ignorant, but that was the local ‘law’ back then. This databasing of weapons has been ongoing for decades. Fill out 4473s if you want to, but keep in mind that: “wise a serpent, harmless as a dove” (Matthew 10:16) would indicate prudence in these matters. For the record, I no longer reside in MD nor have the weapon.
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On August 4, 2022 at 12:11 pm, George said:
I thought it was Clinton’s AW ban?
On August 4, 2022 at 12:31 pm, PGF said:
You’re right. Should have double checked my facts.
On August 4, 2022 at 1:23 pm, scott s. said:
probably thinking of the machine gun ban
On August 4, 2022 at 1:47 pm, PGF said:
“Assault weapon” on the brain. The use of which, to describe a semi auto, is an obvious instance of communist manipulation of language.
On August 4, 2022 at 2:19 pm, Georgiaboy61 said:
@ PGF
Re: “‘Assault weapon”’ on the brain. The use of which, to describe a semi auto, is an obvious instance of communist manipulation of language.”
The communists excel at undermining, subverting and otherwise distorting language (and thus thought, since the two are so intimately connected) for their own ends… and this one is a doozie!
Tell me, someone please, what precisely is an ‘assault weapon’?
The term itself is a non-sequitur. Anything, any object, which can be used as a tool with which to attack someone else is therefore a weapon, and any weapon used in an offensive/aggressive manner can therefore be considered as an ‘assault weapon.’
If I pick up a stout branch on my next walk in the woods and then turn it into a weapon, does it then follow that it is an ‘assault weapon’? What about a rock?
The cunning of this leftist neologism is in its similarity to “assault rifle,” a term which actually exists within the firearms world and can be defined according to a specific set of design/engineering criteria, i.e., a compact rifle or select-fire carbine which fires an intermediate cartridge optimized for 0-300 yard/meter use, and which typically fires – unlike a submachine gun – from a closed bolt.
Ultimately, the term “assault weapon” serves no real purpose except to act as an imaginary hobgoblin and monster-under-the-bed for the easily-manipulated hoplophobes out in the public.
On August 4, 2022 at 3:25 pm, RHT447 said:
@ Georgiaboy61–“The term itself is a non-sequitur.”
Precisely. It is a meaningless term, and so will be used by the progs to mean what ever they want. Today. Check back again tomorrow.
On August 4, 2022 at 7:37 pm, EasyCo. said:
Regan?
Bush, then Clinton did the AWB.