4th Circuit Court of Appeals to Re-Hear Kolbe vs Hogan en banc

[Red Wind]

This is certainly an important re-hearing coming up that could invalidate Maryland's ban on semi-auto firearms and detachable magazines.

As we see from this NRA-ILA "alert"

the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit announced this afternoon that it has agreed to an en banc re-hearing in Kolbe v. Hogan. As we previously reported, the Fourth Circuit’s earlier decision in Kolbe has the potential to invalidate Maryland’s ban on common semi-automatic firearms and detachable magazines. The Kolbe decision is extremely important, as it is the first instance where a United States court of appeals required “strict scrutiny,” the most stringent form of judicial review, for a ban on so-called “assault weapons” and detachable magazines.

 

[pdsmith505]

Well... That was nice while it lasted.

 

[swinokur]

court order attached

 

[Aim1]

Any idea on how they are going to rule?

 

[swinokur]

Anyone's guess IMO. Hopefully they will agree strict scrutiny is the appropriate level of review for a fundamental right.

but who knows.