The rulings in Maryland and Oregon come amid a shifting legal landscape in the wake of a Supreme Court decision that has imposed new limits on gun regulation.

In the wake of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision last year that significantly limits what the government can do to restrict guns, states led by Democrats have scrambled to circumvent or test the limits of the ruling. A few have approved new gun restrictions. Oregon even passed a ballot initiative to ban high-capacity ammunition magazines.

But this week, supporters of the new gun measures suffered a pair of setbacks, underscoring the rippling effect of the court’s decision.

On Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Va., ruled that a 10-year-old Maryland law related to licensing requirements for handguns was unconstitutional.

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    You may now all exercise your right to ARM THE FUCK UP BECAUSE NAZIS ARE COMING TO KILL YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

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      The only violent nazis intent on killing people I’ve seen lately are the ones chanting “From the river to the sea…”

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        Well there have been plenty of violent nazis all ocer the US but you like to call them “lone wolves suffering mental breakdowns”. Nope. They’re just violent Nazis, much like thones taking our money and genociding Palistinians on their own soil.

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          You mean Hamas? By using human shields and by conducting military operations, launching rockets, and storing weapons near or in schools, hospitals, mosques, and other civilian infrastructure, they are the ones who are responsible for those deaths.