A group of Maryland citizens, with the support of the National Rifle Association, has filed a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to reverse a Court of Appeals ruling that stripped some of America’s most popular rifles of Second Amendment protection.
According to NRA-ILA, the 4th Circuit ruling in the case Kolbe v. Hogan is a direct contradiction of the Supreme Court’s 2008 decision, District of Columbia v. Heller, which re-affirmed American citizens’ right to self-defense.
“Lower courts have been making up their own rules when it comes to the Second Amendment for too long, and the Kolbe decision crossed yet another line,” said Chris W. Cox, NRA-ILA executive director. “The Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms for self-defense. The popular rifles and standard magazines banned in Maryland are some of the best tools for self-defense. We are hopeful that the Supreme Court will reverse this egregious decision.”
