Supreme Court Turns Down Challenge to Ban on Semiautomatic Rifles NYT | Top Stories By: Adam Liptak 2 June 2025 at 22:44 The case from Maryland was the court’s latest opportunity to apply its recently announced history-based test for assessing the constitutionality of gun control laws. © Steve Ruark for The New York TimesThe Maryland law that was being challenged was enacted in 2013 in response to the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.