Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge to Maryland's ban on so-called ... transfer or purchase an "assault long gun" or a "copycat weapon," which encompasses 45 ...

Congress allowed a national assault weapons ban to expire in 2004. Gun rights groups argue that banning the popular weapons violates people's Second Amendment rights. Attorneys for Maryland ...

Rhode Island’s Democratic-controlled state House has advanced legislation that would ban sales of certain semiautomatic ...

A split Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to a state ban on assault weapons ... one of the firearms commonly referred to as an assault weapon.Several states have similar ...