40 additional briefs filed in SCOTUS case challenging state and local gun bans
Forty amicus briefs urge the justices to uphold or strike down bans on semiautomatic rifles before the Dec. 2 argument.
- On Wednesday, 40 amicus briefs were filed to the Supreme Court regarding the consolidated case Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Connecticut, with oral arguments scheduled for December 2.
- Gun rights proponents and the Department of Justice argue that banning weapons in common use violates the Second Amendment, while Chicago and 23 other cities contend that regulating "assault weapons" falls within historical tradition.
- Eighteen states, including Massachusetts and New Jersey, filed a joint brief defending bans, while the NYPD warned that legalizing assault weapons would create significant operational challenges for law enforcement protecting urban areas.
- Democratic members of Congress including Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, and Adam Schiff, D-California filed briefs supporting bans, while groups of Republican U.S. senators filed opposing briefs.
- Following the December 2 hearing, the Supreme Court is not expected to issue a ruling on the constitutionality of state-level assault weapons bans until next summer.
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40 additional briefs filed in SCOTUS case challenging state and local gun bans - Regional Media News
(The Center Square) - New amicus briefs are in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in the case challenging gun and magazine bans in Illinois and Connecticut. The consolidated case Viramontes v. Cook County, Illinois and Grant v. Connecticut is set to be heard by [...]
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Gun-Control Groups Flooding Supreme Court With Briefs In Big Semi-Auto Case. Here’s What They Are Saying.
Over 40 briefs swamped the Supreme Court Wednesday as part of a case on modern semiautomatic firearms, with one claiming the popularity of the rifles ... The post Gun-Control Groups Flooding Supreme Court With Briefs In Big Semi-Auto Case. Here’s What They Are Saying. first appeared on [your]NEWS.
Gun-control groups flooding Supreme Court with briefs in big semi-auto case. Here’s what they are saying. - The Daily Bo Snerdley
Over 40 briefs swamped the Supreme Court Wednesday as part of a case on modern semiautomatic firearms, with one claiming the popularity of the rifles was due to “unlawful marketing.” In briefs filed on Oct. 21, Connecticut and Cook County cited prohibitions on obscure weapons like launcegays and slungshots while arguing the justices should allow their bans on so-called “assault weapons” to remain in force. The briefs in the case, Viramontes v. C…
Prosecutors Against Gun Violence Urges U.S. Supreme Court To Uphold State Assault Weapons Bans - Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Prosecutors Against Gun Violence (PAGV), led by Co-Chairs Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., and Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein, today announced the filing of an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins, urging the Court to affirm the decisions of the Second and Seventh Circuits upholding Connecticut and Illinois’s assault weapons bans.
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