By — Associated Press Associated Press Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/supreme-court-rejects-2-gun-rights-appeals Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Supreme Court rejects 2 gun rights appeals Politics Nov 27, 2017 10:04 AM EDT WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal from Maryland gun owners who challenged the state’s assault weapons ban. The justices left in place a federal appeals court ruling that upheld the Maryland law that does not permit the sale of a range of semiautomatic weapons and large-capacity magazines. The banned guns include those that were used in recent mass shootings in a south Texas church and at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas. The high court has not re-entered the debate over guns since rulings in 2008 and 2010 that held that Americans have a constitutional right to have guns for self-defense in their homes and that local governments could not ban handguns. The justices also declined an appeal asserting a constitutional right to carry firearms openly in public. By — Associated Press Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal from Maryland gun owners who challenged the state’s assault weapons ban. The justices left in place a federal appeals court ruling that upheld the Maryland law that does not permit the sale of a range of semiautomatic weapons and large-capacity magazines. The banned guns include those that were used in recent mass shootings in a south Texas church and at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas. The high court has not re-entered the debate over guns since rulings in 2008 and 2010 that held that Americans have a constitutional right to have guns for self-defense in their homes and that local governments could not ban handguns. The justices also declined an appeal asserting a constitutional right to carry firearms openly in public.