On February 21, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to undermine Second Amendment rights. In a 10-4 decision, the court upheld Maryland’s ban both on “assault weapons” and “high capacity magazines,” At the same time, it undermined the Supreme Court’s controlling opinion in the landmark case District of Columbia v. Heller that not only upheld the individual right to keep and bear arms, but also created tests to determine the legality of the firearms one can purchase.
The court created a standard that determines the legality of a firearm by whether it could be deemed as “useful in military service.” Charles C.W. Cooke explains the issue with this test:
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