The Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal by a group of gun rights advocates seeking to overturn Maryland’s ban on assault-style rifles and high-capacity magazines under the Second Amendment.

The decision, a major win for gun safety advocates, leaves in place a ruling by the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals which ruled that the state may constitutionally prohibit sale and possession of the weapons.

The state legislation, enacted in 2013 after the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, specifically targets the AR-15 – the most popular rifle in America with 20-30 million in circulation. They are legal in 41 of the 50 states.

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    Actually a bit disappointed in this. I mean, NOW of all times you think keeping “military grade” gear out of regular citizens hands is a good idea.

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      Well, yeah. NOW of all times is exactly when the fascists would want to disarm the populace.

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        I genuinely wonder if all the people I’ve had tell me Obama and Biden are going to ban all guns/they’re coming for our guns are going to have a moment of self reflection when the fascists in power come for their guns.

        Or is it going to be a “only white people with no unnatural hair coloring and presenting as their birth cirtificate sex are allowed to have guns”

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      So, let’s just do nothing about guns? Just give up and let public shootings happen as an unavoidable fact of life, but only for the U.S?

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        We are kind of past that point. In only two days we have seen what appears to be a Hamas terrorist attack at a pro Isael gathering and the murder of a prominent gay man. Republicans will say shit like ‘guns are a fact of life in the US’ and its absolutely true. We can see it in the fact that they called the cops requesting help and each time they where ignored and this shit happens regularly. No law will protect us from that only we can.

        Turns out the people saying how we need guns to protect ourselves where the people we needed to protect ourselves from.

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          I used to think along the lines of the Churchill quote of “Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted.” Turns out that was giving us way too much credit.

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            Well, I don’t know what to tell you. Hell, not that long ago a deputy’s son shot up a school and everyday cops murder unarmed citizens. In the end I am pro gun control, but its going to take more then a law to solve this.

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    Here’s everything you need to know. CBS Sunday morning interviews a gun nut job. She states a demonstratively false statement about how many guns kill a people a year, and gets fucking zero push back. That’s how we got to where we are. It’s harder to get a driver’s license than it is to get a gun.

    EDIT: As we all know “knives and blunt objects” are obviously used to kill more people than assault rifles.

    https://youtu.be/h5VRxqzitIU

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      Everyone acknowledges that the problem is mental health, everyone is convinced that solving guns is the answer.

      You wanna know what I can make using styrofoam (or soap) and gasoline? Fucking napalm. You wanna know what will cause a lot more harm than a gunshot? Fucking napalm.

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        It must be the 90s again to see someone saying that styrofoam and gasoline makes napalm lol. That is not actual napalm. It could hurt people, but it’s more like being lit on fire in modern plastic clothes than it is napalm.

        Having easy access to guns is just objectively stupid.

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          Dude it’s stuff that I can set on fire that will stick to you, and that’s not including all of the other things that can hurt you like cars that are infinitely easier to access and operate. People like you would have us ban everything for no other reason than you’re afraid.

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              They’re arguing with an imaginary person and reciting talking points. I’m not sure they understand that I like guns, but understand that we need to control access to them.

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            I’m not afraid and don’t think they should be banned. I like going shooting in the woods for fun. Cars require registration and a license like guns should.

            Easy access to guns is objectively stupid. Read what I say without implying things.

            Napalm is not styrofoam mixed with gas, full stop.

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              Red iron oxide and aluminum flakes. Fiber optic drone for around 1-1.5k.

              None of that is regulated and I can do far more damage with that than a gun. Give me enough time and I can do better because it’s already being done in other countries like Ukraine.

              You wanna regulate red iron oxide and drones now that I’ve put the spectre of thermite drones into your mind? Oh, sorry — you’re too fixated on the not napalm to realize the point. My mistake.

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                Put the meth down.

                Thermite is only dangerous in very specific situations. You aren’t some scary bad ass because you think you know how to make bombs. Bigger and better explosives are made with other things that get you put on a list for buying to much of.

                Guns need to be regulated is such a broad statement. Its meant to allow dumb people to interpret it however they want. Easy access to guns is objectively stupid.

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                  What makes you think I’d be using thermite as a bomb?

                  Ok, Mr. “I know what I’m doing and you don’t” - I’m not going to continue elaborating on how unregulated materials can easily be used in destructive ways. Apparently someone remotely causing a wildfire in a neighborhood just can’t compare to a crowd getting shot.

                  Beyond anything I’ve said, one thing is clear - you’re advocating for a fascist government continuing to seize individual firearms.

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              Regulation? Seriously?

              I can have a drone equipped with a fiber optic cable and a jar of not napalm ready to use on some random nobody for about a thousand bucks. Up that price a little bit and I can not only increase the range — I can just fucking make thermite, use the drone to set a whole neighborhood on fire.

              Should we regulate red iron oxide because I’ve put the spectre of drone warfare into your mind? Do you have any idea how dumb it is to be fixated on guns?

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                Just checking the thread… but holy fuck you are weirdly obsessed with drones and thermite. I responded to you elsewhere and I want to make it more clear. I have the education and skills required to design and build the things you are acting like you know about. Even though I have the credentials, I hate flexing them in this capacity.

                You are sort of useless from a short reading of your comments. Bring something to the table before arguing about things you don’t understand.

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    My opinion on gun control has changed over the years.

    I used to be very anti gun. didn’t really see the point of regular people having them.

    Today though, me giving up my guns would be like Ukraine giving up their nukes but smaller.

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    You’re a fucking idiot for celebrating this, if you are, under a fascist regime. You’re literally fucking brain mush.

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      Do you think a bunch of couch potatoes will stop fascism with AR-15s? They are the SAME people who VOTED for fascism! Buy a clue.

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        There’s only two kinds of American

        • Couch potatoes who won’t do anything, no matter what

        • Tankie extremists who nobody likes because they want to do too much

        That’s why I’m putting all my money on the liberal vanguard I know I can trust: Cops.

        The only way to stop fascism is to call the police and report it, while staring out your window and sneering.

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    Single issue ammosexual voters allowed all our other rights to be stripped, watered down, limited and degraded while they deified their gun fetish.

    Leopards are indiscriminate.