WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to a gun law in Maryland that bans assault-style weapons such as ... case for now leaves the ban in place in the state.

The Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to Maryland’s ban on so-called “assault weapons.” Then-Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley signed the ban into law in May 2013.

By subjecting Maryland’s assault-weapons ban to this heavy burden ... is not eager to take up the challenge of showing that a categorical gun ban is narrowly tailored to prevent crime but ...

Second Amendment advocates gathered in the state capital this week in the wake of legal challenges to the state’s assault ...