Oral Arguments Wednesday in SAF Challenge of Connecticut Gun Ban

Oral arguments within the Second Modification Basis’s (SAF) problem of Connecticut’s ban on so-called “assault weapons” are scheduled Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 2 p.m. (EDT) earlier than the U.S. Second Circuit Court docket of Appeals in New York. 

The general public can hearken to the arguments through this hyperlink starting at 2 p.m. (EDT) 

SAF is joined within the case by the Connecticut Residents Protection League and three non-public residents, Jennifer Hamilton, Michael Stiefel and Eddie Grant, Jr. They’re represented by Connecticut attorneys Doug Dubitsky of North Windham, Craig C. Fishbein of Wallingford and Cameron L. Atkinson of Harwinton. The case is called Grant v. Lamont. 

The case was initially filed in September 2022. It alleges the Connecticut statute is a “one-size-fits-all” measure wherein firearms beforehand recognized as “every other firearm” by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had been all of a sudden reclassified as “rifles” or “short-barreled rifles.” All of them turned “assault weapons” beneath the state’s definition. 

“From the start,” famous SAF founder and Govt Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb, “the state has insisted these firearms will not be ‘in widespread use.’ The proof clearly exhibits in any other case, but the state needs the Court docket to undertake an unprecedented authorized normal in contradiction to requirements established by the Second Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court docket.” 

“The state’s arguments basically defy the Supreme Court docket’s requirements set down within the 2022 Bruen ruling,” SAF Govt Director Adam Kraut noticed. 

For extra info, go to saf.org. 

The Second Modification Basis (saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt training, analysis, publishing and authorized motion group devoted to safeguarding and selling the basic rights of people enshrined within the Second Modification of the USA Structure. SAF engages in aggressive authorized motion to make sure the ideas of armed self-defense, private liberty, and the possession of arms are defended, secured, and restored. Via public training initiatives, SAF teaches the significance of the Second Modification to advertise a society that values and workout routines the best to maintain and bear arms.