Remember when Maryland’s former governor, Marty O’Malley, currently one of the Democrat presidential candidates (in case you forgot), rammed his “Firearms Safety Act” through the legislature in the middle of the night? It banned a number of modern sporting rifles (scary black gun) and magazines for weapons that stored more than ten rounds. Well, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals struck that down yesterday. The court said;<\/p>\n
\u201cIn our view, Maryland law implicates the core protection of the Second Amendment\u2014’the right of law-abiding responsible citizens to use arms in defense of hearth and home,’ District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 635 (2008), and we are compelled by Heller and McDonald v. City of Chicago, 561 U.S. 742 (2010), as well as our own precedent in the wake of these decisions, to conclude that the burden is substantial and strict scrutiny is the applicable standard of review for Plaintiffs\u2019 Second Amendment claim.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It could go to the Supreme Court, I suppose, but I don’t see the current governor, Larry Hogan, appealing the 4th Circuit’s opinion. He’s been looking for a way to get rid of the FSA since he took office last year and this is a good way for him to get out of it.<\/p>\n
Here’s the whole 90-page (.pdf) decision for you legal eagles;<\/p>\n