The US Supreme Court docket on Monday morning declined to listen to a Second Modification case involving challenges to bans on high-capacity magazines and a few semi-automatic weapons.
One case concerned Maryland’s 2012 ban on some semi-automatic weapons like AR-15 rifles.
The excessive court docket additionally declined to listen to arguments difficult Rhode Island’s ban on high-capacity magazines.
The Supreme Court docket didn’t clarify its choice to not hear arguments on the circumstances, however conservative Justices Gorsuch, Alito, and Thomas dissented.
Justice Kavanaugh stated the Supreme Court docket will probably be addressing the AR-15 problem quickly.
“Further petitions for certiorari will seemingly be earlier than this Court docket shortly and, for my part, this Court docket ought to and presumably will deal with the AR-15 concern quickly, within the subsequent Time period or two,” Kavanaugh stated in an announcement.
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Supreme Court docket declines to listen to circumstances difficult “assault weapons” bans & journal limits. However, Justice Kavanaugh offers gun house owners some hope with this assertion:
“[T]his Court docket ought to and presumably will deal with the AR-15 concern quickly, within the subsequent Time period or two.” pic.twitter.com/LXq2zPw38Z
— Gun Homeowners of America (@GunOwners) June 2, 2025
CNN reported:
The Supreme Court docket declined Monday to listen to arguments in a pair of serious Second Modification challenges involving sure semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines, a transfer that leaves each of these legal guidelines in place.
One of many appeals handled Maryland’s ban on sure semi-automatic weapons reminiscent of AR- and AK-style rifles. The regulation, enacted after the lethal 2012 taking pictures at Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty in Connecticut, was challenged by David Snope, a state resident who needs to buy these rifles for self-defense and different functions.
The Supreme Court docket additionally declined to listen to a problem to Rhode Island’s ban on high-capacity gun magazines, leaving that regulation in place.
As is typical, the court docket didn’t clarify its reasoning in denying the circumstances, although it has denied a number of excessive profile gun appeals over the previous 12 months. Conservative Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas dissented from the court docket’s choice to not hear the pair of circumstances.
