PILOT SPIN
Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: JeffDG on February 04, 2016, 07:55:44 PM
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The 4th Circuit ruled on a case on magazine size bans in Maryland:
the Fourth Circuit held that strict scrutiny is the proper standard of review for bans on common arms, such as those at issue in Kolbe.
The important item here is the standard of review: strict scrutiny.
A statute that “completely prohibits, not just regulates, an entire category of weaponry . . . might be ‘equivalent to a ban on a category of speech.'”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/02/04/kolbe-v-hogan-4th-circuit-requires-strict-scrutiny-for-maryland-ban-on-magazines-and-semiautomatics/