{"id":1098,"date":"2016-02-04T23:20:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T23:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2016\/02\/04\/nssf-responds-to-4th-circuit-ruling\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:26:22","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:26:22","slug":"nssf-responds-to-4th-circuit-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=1098","title":{"rendered":"NSSF Responds To The 4th Circuit Ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:9758,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.nssfblog.com\\\/appeals-court-remands-decision-for-strict-scrutiny-of-second-amendment&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20170629202922\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.nssfblog.com\\\/appeals-court-remands-decision-for-strict-scrutiny-of-second-amendment\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-18 17:08:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-18 17:08:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nThe National Shooting Sports Foundation was an organizational plaintiff in Kolbe v. Hogan. As you can imagine <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nssfblog.com\/appeals-court-remands-decision-for-strict-scrutiny-of-second-amendment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">they are very pleased<\/a> with the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals&#8217; ruling that the District Court erred in going with intermediate scrutiny and not strict scrutiny.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>Appeals Court Remands Decision for \u2018Strict Scrutiny\u2019 of Second Amendment<\/p>\n<p>NEWTOWN, Conn. \u2014 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit today overturned a federal district court decision that had upheld the 2013 State of Maryland Firearm Safety Act as constitutional under intermediate scrutiny review.<\/p>\n<p>Writing for the three-judge appellate court panel that heard the case, Kolbe v. Maryland, Chief Judge William B. Traxler wrote: \u201cIn our view, Maryland law implicates the core protection of the Second Amendment \u2014 \u2018the right of law-abiding responsible citizens to use arms in defense of hearth and home, District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570,635 (2008), and we are compelled by Heller and McDonald v. City of Chicago, 561 U.S. 742 (2010), as well as our own precedent in the wake of these decisions to conclude that the burden is substantial and strict scrutiny is the applicable standard or review for Plaintiffs\u2019 Second Amendment claim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The court vacated the district court\u2019s denial of the plaintiffs\u2019 claims and remanded the case to the lower court, ordering that it apply the appropriate strict standard of review.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are greatly heartened by the Fourth Circuit panel\u2019s ruling today,\u201d said Lawrence G. Keane, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), one of the lead plaintiffs in this case. \u201cAs this important case goes forward, NSSF will continue to work with our co-plaintiffs to ensure that our citizens\u2019 Second Amendment rights are protected and that the lawful commerce in firearms is restored in support of this constitutional protection.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Shooting Sports Foundation was an organizational plaintiff in Kolbe v. Hogan. 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