WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday turned back a challenge to a strict gun licensing law in Maryland. The high court declined to hear the case in a brief order handed down without elaboration, as is typical.

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will decline to hear a case regarding handgun licensing requirements in Maryland.

The Supreme Court let Maryland’s handgun licensing regime stand, turning away a long-running Second Amendment challenge in a brief order issued Monday. A group of gun owners, a gun rights group and a firearms store sued over Maryland’s law,