The rulings in Maryland and Oregon come amid a shifting legal landscape in the wake of a Supreme Court decision that has imposed new limits on gun regulation.

In the wake of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision last year that significantly limits what the government can do to restrict guns, states led by Democrats have scrambled to circumvent or test the limits of the ruling. A few have approved new gun restrictions. Oregon even passed a ballot initiative to ban high-capacity ammunition magazines.

But this week, supporters of the new gun measures suffered a pair of setbacks, underscoring the rippling effect of the court’s decision.

On Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Va., ruled that a 10-year-old Maryland law related to licensing requirements for handguns was unconstitutional.

      • @ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        17 months ago

        Yes. Both clearly seek to limit different civil liberties, and supporters of each fight about why what they want to limit isn’t actually a civil liberty.

        • Flying Squid
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          17 months ago

          Please show me the Democratic Party’s equivalent to Project 2025.

          Or did you not even read it?

          • @ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            17 months ago

            Are you denying that the democrat party seeks to limit the right to bear arms? Because by being purposefully obtuse and attempting to deflect (which appears to be your typical MO), you seem to be saying that.

            • Flying Squid
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              17 months ago

              Yes, I know, one side seeks to regulate firearms like they were regulated for pretty much all of the 19th century and the other seeks to violate the Constitution in every way possible. No different.

                • Flying Squid
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                  07 months ago

                  You still haven’t given me the equivalent plan of Project 2025 that the Democrats have. Can’t imagine why…

                  • @ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                    17 months ago

                    I never claimed they had one, I claimed they also are attempting to limit other rights, and this little deflection of yours is adorable but irrelevant, so yes I ignore it.