SAF FILES REPLY BRIEF TO OBTAIN SCOTUS CERT IN MARYLAND GUN BAN CASE

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Modification Basis and its companions in a long-running problem of Maryland’s ban on so-called “assault weapons” have filed a reply temporary of their effort to acquire certiorari from the U.S. Supreme Courtroom.

As famous within the temporary, “The case was absolutely briefed and argued earlier than a three-judge panel for the Fourth Circuit. Inexplicably, over a yr after argument was held and with no panel opinion issued, the Fourth Circuit sua sponte elected to listen to the case en banc, additional delaying the train of a elementary proper and seemingly to forestall publication of an opinion that favors the plaintiffs. Searching for certiorari earlier than judgment is a unprecedented treatment reserved for instances of crucial public significance.”

SAF petitioned for certiorari in February. The case is named Bianchi v. Frosh. The excessive court docket had beforehand granted certiorari in June 2022, and instantly vacated a decrease court docket ruling and remanded the case again for additional assessment within the aftermath of the court docket’s landmark New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn. v. Bruen determination.

SAF is joined within the case by the Residents Committee for the Proper to Hold and Bear Arms, Firearms Coverage Coalition, Subject Merchants, LLC and three personal residents, David Snope, Micah Schaefer and Dominic Bianchi, for whom the case is titled. They’re represented by attorneys Nicole J. Moss, David H. Thompson, Peter A. Patterson and John D. Ohlendorf with Cooper & Kirk PLLC in Washington, D.C., and Raymond M. DiGuiseppe of North Carolina. 

“This case has been lingering too lengthy within the Fourth Circuit and it must be resolved,” mentioned SAF founder and Govt Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. “There isn’t a credible cause for inaction by the appellate court docket, thus permitting Maryland’s ban on commonly-owned fashionable semiautomatic rifles to proceed. Clearly, the Supreme Courtroom should resolve this concern.”

“The Supreme Courtroom has granted certiorari previous to decrease court docket judgment a number of occasions previously,” added SAF Govt Director Adam Kraut, “so our February petition was not with out precedent. Right now’s temporary hopefully strikes us one step nearer to Supreme Courtroom consideration.”