Federal Government Backs Supreme Court Challenge To AR-15 Bans

[livingston]

Federal Government Backs Supreme Court Challenge To AR-15 Bans​

The federal government is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to side with gun owners challenging state and local bans on AR-15-style rifles.

In a brief filed Friday, Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the justices to overturn rulings from the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second and Seventh Circuits, which upheld AR-15 bans in Connecticut and Cook County, Illinois, respectively.
"The AR-15 rifle is unquestionably in common use among law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes," the federal government argued.
The cases, Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins, have been consolidated for Supreme Court review.
The Justice Department is siding with challengers in the debate.


"Today, AR-15s are lawful at the federal level and in 40 States, with law-abiding citizens using them for lawful purposes such as self-defense, target shooting, and hunting," the government said.
"Legislatures may not ban arms in common use among law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes."

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[Drinkthekoolaid]

NY will simply say,
AR15s aren't banned here.


They will play the word game and nothing will change for us.

 

[Saltwater60]

NY will simply say,
AR15s aren't banned here.


They will play the word game and nothing will change for us.

It will all depend on how thorough the SC ruling is. Normally not very specific but if the word assault rifle is equated to an AR-15 or they say they encompass semi automatic rifles that have detachable magazines this could dispel a lot of what you are mentioning here. If they wrap in mag limit bans then bingo we could be onto something g.

 

[Robin]

Whatever the outcome, it will have the Roberts watermark. Totally unsettled and full of enough loophole that states like this shithole can maintain their progressive march toward the abyss.
Robin