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The Supreme Court just rejected two incredibly important cases regarding infringements on the Second Amendment.
Surprise, surprise — both cases stem from unconstitutional restrictions put in place by Democrat-led states.
One is a Maryland case regarding the right of the state to ban the AR-15 style rifles altogether, and the other is a Rhode Island ban on the standard magazines for AR-15 rifles.
The AR-15 is the most popular firearm in the United States. And that — I contend — is why it’s being targeted by anti-American actors in state and federal government.
You know, those pesky black guns that apparently get up and conduct mass shootings all on their own? (FYI – mine has never once crossed that line or seemed prone to do so. Maybe mine is just particularly well behaved for an AR-15?)
Which if you don’t happen to know, is nothing more than any other rifle except for a much more modern design to the “furniture” — the external components like the grip, the stock, and the way optics attach.
The only other difference is a standard 30-round magazine, allowing for easier reloading much less often.
That doesn’t mean the gun is more likely to kill someone — you can still only shoot one bullet at a time, just like every gun on the planet that has a single barrel for a bullet to travel down!
It just makes it an overall better DESIGN for most purposes. (It’s not a “machinegun” as the media and political hacks like to say — though, even if it was, “shall not be infringed” would still apply. Different story for a different time.)
And that is where the rubber meets the road. If you support the Constitutional REASONING behind the Second Amendment — all of that is good news, because the tool in question works better at what it was designed to do!
But for all those who like to discount FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES and think purely in pragmatic terms under the assumption that their intellect can outmatched GOD’S OWN PRINCIPLES… then that’s the opposite of what they want to happen.
If you want to RESTRICT the Constitutional rights of Americans based on the flawed premise that you can legislatively (or, judicially) do away with ALL EVIL by means of governmental control — except the evil conducted ‘legally’ by the State, of course — then a better functioning weapon is the last thing you want in the hands of American patriots.
Which is exactly why “WE” will NEVER give them up. Ever. EVER.
Even if, as happened today, the highest court in the land fails to do it’s job by leaving in place Second Amendment bans originally given a rubber-stamp approval from lower state courts.
Obviously, the political left is having a field day with this, celebrating it as a pushback against President Trump, Republicans, and the MAGA movement in particular:
BREAKING: MAGA is flipping out as the Supreme Court just refused to hear a challenge to Maryland’s assault weapons ban and Rhode Island’s law to restrict large capacity magazines.
This is huge win for the future of gun laws in America. pic.twitter.com/6I64Bfyhak
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) June 2, 2025
The Supreme Court’s refusal to take up these cases really leaves the Second Amendment blowing in the wind, and in danger of more infringement by anti-Second Amendment state leaders and the rogue judges willing to back them up.
Though lawyers rightly argued the Supreme Court had a duty to intervene, five Justices effectively decided by means of negligence that states can infringe on the Second Amendment and get away with it, as reported by Fox News:
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear two cases challenging separate state bans on so-called assault weapons and high-capacity magazines on Monday.
The court declined to hear cases arising out of Maryland and Rhode Island relating to state regulations on AR-15-style rifles and high-capacity magazines, respectively. The cases had been submitted to the Supreme Court after lower courts upheld the bans in the face of challenges.
Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch disagreed with the majority’s decision and said they would have liked to have reviewed the cases.
With respect to the Maryland ban, the Supreme Court’s decision upholds the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling, which states that authority to ban AR-15-style rifles is consistent with the 2nd Amendment.
Lawyers arguing against the ban claimed the Supreme Court had a duty to “ensure that the Second Amendment itself is not truncated into a limited right to own certain state-approved means of personal self-defense.”
Though Alito, Gorsuch, and Clarence Thomas would have taken the cases up, Thomas was the only one who wrote a dissenting opinion on the majority’s decision.
And he came packing both guns (see what I did right there?) in his lone written opposition to the court’s neglect.
Clarence Thomas has been known as a fierce Second Amendment advocate, who actually understands the reasoning behind it.
Check out this quote, originally from an older Second Amendment case, but re-quoted by Thomas — shared online in the wake of today’s shocking decision:
We need more Clarence Thomas’s on the Supreme Court. pic.twitter.com/f0IoVXifOh
— Alexander Duncan (@AlexDuncanTX) May 31, 2025
The argument that the Founders didn’t have AR-15’s at the time of the Revolution or when the Constitution was written is moot when it comes to understanding the meaning behind the clause.
And Clarence Thomas knows it, and isn’t one to shy away from saying so.
He expressly stated after today’s decision that the Second Amendment now remains a “second-class right” when compared to any other Constitutional Right, and chastised the other Justices by pointing out that they would never hesitate this long were ANY OTHER RIGHT to be infringed upon to this degree.
As stated, he wrote the only dissenting opinion against the majority’s unwillingness to take up the state cases, as covered by Newsweek:
Justice Clarence Thomas broke from the Supreme Court’s denial to hear a case about whether government bans of AR-15s are allowed under the Second Amendment, arguing that the Court has avoided the decision “for a full decade.”
“I would not wait to decide whether the government can ban the most popular rifle in America,” Thomas wrote in the dissent published Monday. “That question is of critical importance to tens of millions of law-abiding AR–15 owners throughout the country.”
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that AR-15s are not “arms” protected by the Second Amendment.
Thomas said he would have agreed to hear the case to review this “surprising conclusion.” Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch also would have agreed to hear the case, according to the Court’s order.
Thomas argued that AR-15s fit the definition of “arms” under the Second Amendment.
“AR–15s appear to fit neatly within that category of protected arms,” Thomas wrote. “Tens of millions of Americans own AR–15s, and the ‘overwhelming majority’ of them ‘do so for lawful purposes, including self-defense and target shooting.’”
He called the Fourth Circuit’s reasoning “dubious at least twice over.”
Thomas said that the constitutional status of AR-15s is “all the urgent” following a recent Court decision on ghost guns. The Court ruled that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is permitted to regulate some weapon parts kits and unfinished frames or receivers under the Gun Control Act.
“On the Court’s logic, it seems that ATF could at any time declare AR–15s to be machineguns prohibited by federal law,” Thomas wrote.
Thomas said this leaves AR-15 owners dependent on the “goodwill” of a federal agency to maintain a right to self-defense.
“That is ‘no constitutional guarantee at all,’” Thomas said.
If we had a Supreme Court full of Justices like Clarence Thomas… I dare say 99% of the attempts to infringe on ANY of the rights of Americans would be shot down as soon as humanly possible.
That man knows the Second Amendment, understands the Constitution, has a firm grasp on how things like freedom, rights, limited governmental power, and a Constitutional Republic should function.
I thank God for that man.
There was a hint from one other Justice, who actually voted not to take up the case along with the other 4, that he might change his mind soon.
BREAKING
Supreme Court declines to hear cases challenging “assault weapons” bans & magazine limits. But, Justice Kavanaugh gives gun owners some hope with this statement:
“[T]his Court should and presumably will address the AR-15 issue soon, in the next Term or two.” pic.twitter.com/LXq2zPw38Z— Gun Owners of America (@GunOwners) June 2, 2025
BREAKINGI don’t want to excuse his lack of action on this, but Kavanaugh does seem willing to intervene once the issue plays out in the lower courts a little more.
My Grandma would have said Kavanaugh is just “pussy-footing-around” with that excuse.
I might be inclined to use some of the same wording to describe it myself.
But he referenced more pending cases and hinted at action “soon”, as reported by CNN:
One of the appeals dealt with Maryland’s ban on certain semi-automatic weapons such as AR- and AK-style rifles. The law, enacted after the deadly 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, was challenged by David Snope, a state resident who wants to purchase those rifles for self-defense and other purposes.
The Supreme Court also declined to hear a challenge to Rhode Island’s ban on high-capacity gun magazines, leaving that law in place.
As is typical, the court did not explain its reasoning in denying the cases, though it has denied several high profile gun appeals over the past year.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh, another member of the court’s conservative wing, noted that other cases involving AR-style rifles are pending in lower courts and said that “this court should and presumably will address the AR–15 issue soon.” (Emphasis added.)
I would have preferred Kavanaugh had gone with the no-compromise approach that Clarence tends to take.
But hopefully, late will be better than never.
Here’s a really good video report from The Hill covering the entire situation, and giving a little more detail on both Thomas and Kavanaugh’s stance on the issue:
Eventually, the Supreme Court will necessarily have to take up these cases.
As Thomas expressed, there is no reason to wait, given the potential for more national disunity, Constitutional implications, and millions of AR-15 owners in America impacted by these cases.
My hope is those like Kavanaugh who may be prone to side with Thomas’ accurate rending of the Second Amendment won’t wait so long that those implications turn in to a full-blown Constitutional crisis.
This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport.