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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    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.