Jan 16 (Reuters) – A federal appeals court has said it will hear a series of major challenges to gun control laws in March, including a case seeking to strike down Maryland’s ban on assault weapons in the wake of a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that broadly expanded gun rights.
 
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday took the rare step of voting to allow, opens new tab all 14 of its active judges to hear the challenge to Maryland’s law before a three-judge panel that had heard arguments in the case in December 2022 could rule.