The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) has officially petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Grant v. Rovella, a major challenge to Connecticut’s so-called “assault weapon” ban—one of the strictest in the nation. The case could become a key test of whether states can outlaw popular semi-automatic rifles like the AR-15 that are owned by millions of law-abiding Americans.
Background: A State Ban at Odds with the Second Amendment
Connecticut’s sweeping firearm ban targets rifles by name and by cosmetic “features” such as pistol grips, adjustable stocks, and flash hiders. Under the law, possession of a listed or feature-defined rifle can result in felony charges, even if the firearm functions identically to other semi-automatic rifles still legal to own.
SAF, joined by the Connecticut Citizens Defense League (CCDL) and three individual plaintiffs, filed the original lawsuit in 2022. After a lower court denied an injunction and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that decision this past August, SAF is now taking the fight to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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