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Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Maryland ban on rifles known as assault weapons

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined, for now, to hear a challenge to a Maryland law banning certain semi-automatic firearms commonly referred to as assault weapons. The court did not elaborate on the denial, as is typical. It would have been unusual for the justices to take up a case at this point, since a lower court is still weighing it.

 

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