Supreme Court agrees to hear gun rights challenge to assault weapons bans
The justices will decide whether the bans on AR-15s and similar rifles in Connecticut and Cook County violate the Second Amendment.
- The U.S. Supreme Court announced it will officially consider whether state and local bans on semiautomatic rifles, frequently referred to as assault weapons, violate the Second Amendment.
- The justices agreed to hear legal challenges targeting specific prohibitions on AR-15-style firearms and high-capacity magazines in Connecticut and the Chicago area.
- This upcoming review marks the first time the high court will directly rule on the constitutionality of bans on these highly popular yet controversial firearms.
- Gun rights advocacy groups argue that semiautomatic rifles are protected under the Constitution because they are in common use by millions of law-abiding citizens, while defending states counter that they are military-grade weapons regularly preferred by mass shooters.
- Arguments for the cases are scheduled to be heard in the fall, and the final ruling could decide the fate of similar assault weapon bans currently active in roughly a dozen states.
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Supreme Court agrees to hear gun rights challenge to assault weapon bans
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide whether states and local governments can ban semiautomatic rifles like the AR-15, which are popular among gun enthusiasts but have also been used in high-profile mass shootings.
U.S. Supreme Court will hear challenge to Cook County assault weapons ban
Cook County’s ordinance prohibits the possession, acquisition and transfer of the weapons in question. It applies to 125 prohibited rifles, such as AR-15s. But gun-rights advocates say only “dangerous and unusual weapons” can be banned under the Second Amendment.
Supreme Court agrees to review ban on AR-style semi-automatic rifles in major Second Amendment case
The Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will decide whether cities and states may ban people from owning AR-15 rifles and similar semiautomatic weapons, taking up a major Second Amendment dispute that it had previously declined to address.
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