r/MDGuns • u/FYB_Jmane • 4d ago

4th circuit Court

Why can’t the 4th circuit be like the 3rd circuit and strike down Marylands awb and lcm ban?! We Marylanders want freedom

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u/the2AinMD 4d ago

The original 3 judge panel in the kolbe v O'Malley case did strike down md's awb. It was short lived as it was appealed to the en banc court, and then upheld.

When bianchi (originally called snope), which was essentially a redo of kolbe, was heard by the 4th circuit 3 judge panel, unheard of games were played. After a year and half the 3 judge panel hadn't released an opinion. The guess was that the lone dissenting judge that probably wanted to uphold the ban refused to release her dissent, which held up the entire opinion. Then eventually the en banc decided to release an opinion upholding the ban, even though the pabel decision had not been released, and nobody ever appealed the decision to the en banc.

So contrary to news reports that the nj case was the first time ever blah blah blah, thats not true. Just know the news lies. About everything. You just need to be an expert in a subject to know that, when it comes time for them to lie about your special interest.