Arizona has joined a coalition of 25 states asking the United States Supreme Court to hear the case Bianchi v. Frosh, where the justices could overturn the Fourth Circuit’s approval of a Maryland firearms ban.
The coalition is urging the Court to strike down a 2013 Maryland law that restricts what firearms law-abiding citizens may possess to protect themselves, thereby compromising the Second Amendment rights of millions of citizens. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld this ban in violation of Supreme Court’s precedent by creating its own standard that allows the prohibition of firearms if a court thinks the weapon is useful in military service.
The states argue that Americans bearing these firearms benefit public safety, counterbalance the threat of illegal gun violence, and help make our streets safer. SCOTUS should not allow a state to invade its own citizens’ constitutional rights. If left untouched, Maryland’s unconstitutional ban on firearms and the Fourth Circuit’s erroneous standard threaten the constitutional rights of all Americans.
Arizona and forty-two other states allow the commonly-used firearms that Maryland has banned outright.
Joining Arizona and West Virginia are the attorneys general from: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming.