Thomas said that the constitutional status of AR-15s is "all the urgent" following a recent Court decision on ghost guns. The Court ruled that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is permitted to regulate some weapon parts kits and unfinished frames or receivers under the Gun Control Act.

Justice Clarence Thomas blasted the Supreme Court on Monday for declining to take up a case challenging Maryland’s law banning “assault weapons,” which specifically targets the AR-15 firearm. The high court denied a petition to hear a case brought by a pro-gun group to overturn a 2013 Maryland law that outlawed various semiautomatic firearms,

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case that involves whether possessing AR-15s is protected by the Second Amendment, but the court’s conservatives are signaling they soon will. Only three justices — Clarence Thomas,