FILE - An AR-15 style rifle is fired, at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), National Services Center, Thursday, March 2, 2023, in Martinsburg, W.Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon ...

The Supreme Court declined Monday to consider a challenge to Maryland’s ban on AR–15 rifles. Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas indicated they would have taken the case ...