Firearms Owners Against Crime
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NEWTOWN, Conn --(Ammoland.com)- NSSF, along with the NRA and other pro-Second Amendment parties, appeared before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals last week seeking to overturn Maryland’s ban on popular modern sporting rifles and standard capacity ammunition magazines.
The case, Kolbe v. Hogan, was argued before a three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit and follows a ruling in the district court, which upheld the constitutionality of Maryland’s Firearm Safety Act of 2013.
Maryland contends there is no practical distinction between semi-automatic MSRs used by millions of law-abiding citizens and fully-automatic firearms used by the military, thus MSRs must be banned.
The court also heard argument from the state that magazines in excess of a 10-round capacity are not necessary for self-defense and fall outside the protections enunciated in the U.S. Supreme Court’s Heller decision.
We expect the court to reach a decision later this year and will keep you updated.