Washington – Washington (AP) – The Supreme Court He declined on Monday to listen to a challenge to a state ban on assault weapons, semi -automatic rifles that are popular among arms owners and have also been used in multiple massive shootings.
The judges rejected a case against a Maryland law approved after the 2012 shooting Sandy Hook Elementary School In Connecticut that killed 20 children and six adults. The shooter was armed with An AR-15One of the firearms commonly known as the assault weapon.
However, three conservative judges publicly noticed that they would have taken the case, and a room said it is skeptical that such prohibitions are constitutional, indicating that the court could soon analyze the issue.
Several states have similar measures and Democrats of Congress They have also supported the concept. The challengers had argued that people have the constitutional right to possess firearms such as AR-15.
The case occurs two years after the Superior Court delivered An emblematic decision that extended the rights of the second amendment and engendered Challenges to firearms laws throughout the country.
Ten States and the Columbia district have similar laws, covering the main cities such as New York and Los Angeles. Congress allowed a national assault weapons prohibition to expire in 2004.
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