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and we know what will happen to the Second Amendment if a dhimmicrat is elected to the White House this year. At least two new judges, cut from the same cloth as Sotomeyer and Kagan.
At that point, it will be useless to even file against the excesses of government.

Second Circuit opinion on the combined cases of New York State Rifle & Pistol Assoc. v. Cuomo and Connecticut Citizens' Defense League v. Malloy that upheld the magazine bans and other provisions of the NY and CT laws that are nearly identical to the MD law in question here. The 2nd used a reasonableness standard; clear split on scrutiny.

There is also a 10th Circuit case pending out of CO that challenges the magazine bans and other provisions of their 2A law. The SCOTUS challenge on scrutiny is coming; this case is just part of it and tipping the balance toward sooner rather than later.

There's also the Highland Park case in Illinois through the 7th Circuit that upheld semi-auto rifle ban and magazine limits. That was appealed to the SC, but they declined to hear it. It also didn't use any level of scrutiny, but rather a "reasonableness" test.

So lots of splits, the SC can't put it off forever. The question is which way will the court go when only 2 justices wanted to hear the Highland Park case?

Iowa is anti 2A?

No. We're a shall issue state.

Then why did your state AG sign on to support the MD magazine restriction and gun ban? Serious question, and one that Iowans might want to raise to that AG of yours.

INTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE

New York, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Oregon, and the District of Columbia file this brief under Rule 29(a) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.

The amici States seek to protect their sovereign prerogative to enact and implement legislation that advances their compelling interest in promoting public safety, preventing crime, and reducing the negative effects of firearm violence. The amici States have each taken different approaches to addressing the problem of firearm violence based on their own determinations about the measures that will best meet the needs of their citizens. They join this brief not because they necessarily believe that Maryland has chosen the optimal policy for itself - or that Maryland’s approach would be optimal for them — but because they believe that Maryland’s Firearm Safety Act represents a policy choice that Maryland should be constitutionally free to adopt.

Interesting.

So they are essentially supporting a state's rights to restrict the 2nd Amendment.

Not exactly Maryland's restrictions, just that a state can restrict it.

Got it.

Interesting.

So they are essentially supporting a state's rights to restrict the 2nd Amendment.

Not exactly Maryland's restrictions, just that a state can restrict it.

Got it.

I'd rephrase that to say they are supporting a state's right to restrict the 2nd Amendment AT LEAST AS MUCH AS MARYLAND IS RESTRICTING IT. Other restrictions are not out of the question either, obviously.

And that makes it a BETTER argument?

Oh no.. I'm just bashing Iowa as much as possible. It's a Nebraskan's duty to do so.

ROTFLMAO!

Well played, sir.

Virtually all gun control laws will be found unconstitutional if subject to strict scrutiny

Great analysis of this decision:

Big #2A Win – 4th Circuit Applies Strict Scrutiny to Maryland Gun Control Law