The position was presented in a brief filed Friday by Solicitor General D. John Sauer in two cases before the Supreme Court: Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins.
"The Supreme Court, or at least the Republican appointees, has shown they have a ton of zeal for basically cannibalizing and eliminating common sense gun control regulation." Leah Litman, law professor and co-host of the "Strict Scrutiny" podcast (with Melissa Murray), weighs in on how the justices might rule on semi-automatic weapons bans.
In its next term, the Supreme Court will hear a major consolidated case on assault weapon bans and whether the Second Amendment protects the right to possess AR-15s and semiautomatic rifles. Semi-automatic rifles are “the weapon of choice” for somebody looking to harm large groups of people, says Mark Barden, whose son, Daniel, was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting. Law professor Leah Litman says the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority has shown “they have a ton of zeal for basically cannibalizing and eliminating common sense gun control regulation.”
Mark Barden, whose son Daniel was murdered in the Sandy Hook mass shooting reacts to an upcoming case on the Supreme Court's docket centering around assault weapons and the Second Amendment.
'But it would be frankly shocking to me if there were not attempts by these states after ... a likely, hopeful victory here for AR-15s to get around by just making it difficult.'
Gun law analysts said the court will have the opportunity to address how its 2022 decision in Bruen v. New York Rifle and Pistol Association will play out in states that propose bans on gun possession.
A federal appeals court has invalidated New Jersey's decades-old bans on so-called assault firearms and large-capacity magazines, ruling both restrictions violate the Second Amendment. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a 10-5 decision on Friday, the first time any federal appeals court in the country has struck down a state-level assault weapons […] The post Federal appeals court strikes down New Jersey's AR-15 and magazine bans as unconstitutional appeared first on American Almanac .
A federal appeals court has invalidated New Jersey's decades-old bans on so-called assault firearms and large-capacity magazines, ruling both restrictions violate the Second Amendment. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a 10-5 decision on Friday, the first time any federal appeals court in the country has struck down a state-level assault weapons ban. The ruling lands at a moment when the legal ground beneath state gun-control regimes is shifting fast. The U.S. Supreme Court has already agreed to hear challenges to similar bans from Illinois and Connecticut, and a decision could come by next summer. For the millions of law-abiding gun owners who have watched blue-state legislatures treat their constitutional rights as a…Open
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A small firearms manufacturer in Missouri declared in a press release that it would only sell civilian-legal products to law enforcement agencies. CMMG made the announcement on June 30, a day before a ban on modern semiautomatic firearms was slated to take effect in Virginia had it not been blocked by courts. The company cited the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in its statement. (RELATED: Supreme Court Takes Up Major Semiautomatic Firearms Case) “CMMG would like to renew our statement on sales of products to states that restrict the freedom of it’s [sic] citizens. Simply put: CMMG will only fulfill state and local government agencies and officers to the same configurations as they restrict to…Open
Last week, the Supreme Court took up challenges to two assault weapons bans. Its decision could seriously limit the government’s ability to ban certain guns.
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