Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right: The Fourth Circuit Sidesteps Supreme Court Precedent in Upholding an Assault Weapon Ban in Bianchi v. Brown

This note examines the Fourth Circuit’s decision in Bianchi v. Brown and its application of the Supreme Court’s text, history, and tradition framework for evaluating Second Amendment challenges. The note argues that although the Fourth Circuit improperly incorporated interest-balancing and legislati