Federal appeals panel upholds CT's assault weapons ban

Federal appeals panel upholds CT's assault weapons ban

NEW YORK (AP) — A ban on assault weapons that Connecticut put in place after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is constitutional, a federal appeals court said Friday, as it rejected challenges by gun rights advocates who claim it violates the Second Amendment. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said groups challenging a 2013 law banning assault weapons and a second gun control law enacted a decade later could not show that the guns th…

Second Circuit Denies Injunction Against Connecticut Gun and Magazine Ban

Second Circuit denies injunction against Connecticut's gun and magazine ban, citing historical regulations.

Federal appeals panel upholds Connecticut’s assault weapons ban

NEW YORK (AP) — A ban on assault weapons that Connecticut put in place after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is constitutional, a federal appeals court said Friday, as it rejected challenges by gun rights advocates who claim it violates the Second Amendment. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said groups challenging a 2013 law banning assault weapons and a second gun control law enacted a decade later could not show that the guns th…