After considering them at 15 consecutive conferences, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up two challenges to gun-control laws in Maryland and Rhode Island. In each case, three justices indicated

The Supreme Court ruled Monday to let two state gun control laws remain in place, as the 6-3 conservative court declined to take up challenges to Maryland’s assault weapons ban and Rhode Island’s ban on high-capacity magazines.

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a ban on assault weapons but avoided a detailed explanation of the constitutional issues involved. The dispute arose from a Maryland law that bans weapons like the AR-15,