Summary: Federal lawsuit challenging Maryland "assault weapons" ban as unconstitutional under the Second Amendment

Plaintiffs: David Snope, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), Second Amendment Foundation, and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

Defendants: Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown, Maryland Secretary of State Police of Col. Roland L. Butler, Baltimore County Sheriff R. Jay Fisher, and Anne Arundel County Sheriff Everett L. Sesker

Litigation Counsel: Nicole J. Moss, William V. Bergstrom, Peter A. Patterson, and David H. Thompson of Cooper & Kirk; Raymond M. DiGuiseppe

Docket: D. MD case no. 1:20-cv-03495, Fourth Circuit case no. 21-1255, Supreme Court case nos. 21-902, 23-863, and 24-203 | CourtListener Docket


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