https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/vol ... utomatics/
Good news. Federal 4th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds challenge to Maryland ban on so-called large capacity magazines. The most encouraging part is that the court applied what lawyers call strict scrutiny to state-imposed firearms restrictions. Strict scrutiny makes it hard for discriminatory laws to stand. That is the same scrutiny used in free-speech and racial-discrimination cases.
Legal victory for gun rights
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Re: Legal victory for gun rights
That's good article by Dave Kopel. Thread on the decision already running here: http://texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php? ... d#p1053886
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