The US Supreme Court has set a conference date for this month that could finally end blue-state tyranny against all the fun rifles like AR-15s. Despite two previous landmark rulings in recent years, Democrat-run states continue trying to find ways to ban America’s favorite guns. The high court will finally take up the Snope v. Brown case challenging Maryland’s AR-15 ban this month. This is the case that Justice Clarence Thomas has been waiting for his entire career to decide, and it could change everything, permanently, for firearm rights in America.

Then again, this isn’t exactly new ground that we’re treading here. More than 15 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in the Heller decision that common-use firearms for lawful purposes cannot be banned. Two years ago, the court ruled in the Bruen decision that state gun laws have to be consistent with America’s history of firearms regulation. That decision placed restrictions on all future courts, preventing them from using “means-end” tests to decide gun cases.

Having already set those precedents, it’s hard to believe that Democrat-run states continue finding ways to skirt the Second Amendment and ban one of the most cherished rights we hold as Americans. Ignoring those precedents is central to Maryland’s AR-15 ban. If the Supreme Court ends up overturning the Maryland ban, they’ll probably just figure out another way to take a bite of the apple. It seems like an easier solution might be to throw all the politicians in jail for contempt of court.

Maryland’s attorneys already know that they’re going to get their rear ends kicked badly in this case. They’ve been stalling the upcoming conference date since last August. They requested a 30-day extension to prepare, which the court granted. When that date arrived, they requested another 30-day extension to push the hearing into October.

After yet another request for a 30-day extension, the Supreme Court had had enough. They fast-tracked the conference date for December and told Maryland its time was up.

Based on the standards set in Heller, we’re guessing that Maryland’s goose is cooked in this case. The AR-15 is not only a common-use firearm but also the single most commonly used rifle in America. As far as the legal purpose standard, it’s used for hunting, sport shooting, and self-defense. AR-15s are so rarely used in the commission of crimes that it’s an anomaly when it actually happens, regardless of how much media coverage those stories generate.

Maryland’s ban on AR-15s is absurd when you weigh it against all those standards. The problem that we have is that lower courts are failing to uphold the clear Supreme Court precedents set in Bruen and Heller. One of the ways that Maryland and other states have sidestepped the high court’s rulings is by claiming that the AR-15 is only suitable for “military use.”

They also claim that the guns are excessively dangerous. We see this argument non-stop from politicians, like when Joe Biden claimed that a dinky little 9-mm pistol would “blow the lungs out of the body” last year. They know nothing about the products they seek to ban and regulate out of existence.

The conference date has been set so that the Supreme Court can decide whether to take up the Snope v. Brown case. If they do take the case up, it could secure gun rights in America for generations to come. It would simultaneously overturn AR-15 bans in New York, California, Illinois, and other states that seek to suppress their citizens. We’ll be watching this case closely.