Supreme Court rejects 2 gun rights cases, but assault weapons ban issue may be back soon [View all]

Source: Associated Press

Supreme Court rejects 2 gun rights cases, but assault weapons ban issue may be back soon

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Updated 1:08 PM EDT, June 2, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — A split Supreme Court on Monday rejected a pair of gun rights cases, though one conservative justice predicted the court would soon consider whether assault weapons bans are constitutional.

The majority did not explain its reasoning in turning down the cases over high-capacity magazines and state bans on guns like the AR-15, popular weapons that have also been used in mass shootings.

But three conservative justices on the nine-member court publicly noted their disagreement, and a fourth said he is skeptical that assault-weapons bans are constitutional.

Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch said they would have taken a case challenging Maryland’s ban, and Justice Clarence Thomas wrote separately to say the law likely runs afoul of the Second Amendment.

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