The Ultimate Showdown: Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Challenges to State “Assault Weapons” Bans

By Brandon Curtis

In a monumental development that will shape the future of American firearm regulation, the U.S. Supreme Court officially agreed yesterday to review the constitutionality of state and local bans on semiautomatic rifles, frequently classified by legislatures as assault weapons. By granting certiorari in Viramontes v. Cook County (Illinois) and Grant v. Higgins (Connecticut), the high court's conservative majority has set the stage for a blockbuster fall term that could invalidate similar bans across roughly a dozen states and multiple major metropolitan areas.

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