June 2 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court announced Monday that it won't hear a Second Amendment challenge to a Maryland law that bans semiautomatic rifles, such as the AR-15.

Despite approvals to hear the case from Justices Samuel Alito , Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas , Justice Brett Kavanaugh issued the statement that the Court has denied the petition for review.

However, despite his refusal to hear the challenge, Kavanaugh's response seemed to indicate his opinion would stand against the law in question.

"Americans today possess an estimated 20 to 30 million AR-15s," he wrote. "And AR-15s are legal in 41 of the 50 States, meaning that the states such as Maryland that prohibit AR-15s are something of an outlier."

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