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BREAKING: FPC Files Lawsuit Challenging Maryland “Assault Weapons” Ban as Unconstitutional - MarylandAWban.com
Thread on the previous case, which the state won, with the 4th Circuit issuing an opinion that firearms sold exclusively on the civilian market are "weapons of war":BALTIMORE, MARYLAND (December 1, 2020) — Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of a new federal Second Amendment lawsuit that seeks to strike down the State of Maryand’s ban on so-called “assault weapons,” arms that are constitutionally protected under the Second Amendment. The case, Bianchi, et al. v. Frosh, et al., can be found at FPCLegal.org.
Joining FPC are 3 individuals, licensed firearms retailer Field Traders, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA). The plaintiffs are represented by attorneys Nicole J. Moss, John D. Ohlendorf, Peter A. Patterson, and David H. Thompson of Cooper & Kirk, Raymond M. DiGuiseppe, and FPC Director of Legal Strategy Adam Kraut. Defendants include Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh, Col. Woodrow W. Jones III, the Secretary of State Police, R. Jay Fisher is Sheriff of Baltimore County, and Jim Fredericks is Sheriff of Anne Arundel County.
All “individuals who are legally eligible to possess and acquire firearms, have a fundamental, constitutionally guaranteed right to keep common firearms for defense of self and family and for other lawful pursuits,” the plaintiffs’ complaint says. “But the State of Maryland has criminalized the possession and transportation of common firearms by ordinary citizens, making it wholly unlawful for law-abiding citizens to exercise their fundamental right to keep and bear such arms.”
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