Assault weapons bans are only justified if they outweigh the value of freedom

Last week, the Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to Maryland’s 2013 Firearms Safety Act. Maryland is one of ten states who have active assault weapons bans with California having some of the most restrictive gun laws in America. Most of these assault weapons bans tend to focus on semi-automatic rifle platforms like the AR-15 given that they are among the most lethal kinds of guns available. 

Whether an assault weapons ban is justified is highly dependent on the values of a society.