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Supreme Court to Decide Fate of State and Local Gun Bans in Major Second Amendment Showdown

The Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will consider whether states and local governments can ban semiautomatic rifles like the AR-15.

The court will review two challenges to bans in Cook County, Illinois, and the state of Connecticut in its next session, which begins in October.

Doug Hamlin, CEO of the National Rifle Association, supported the high court taking the cases.

“The Supreme Court’s decision to review the unconstitutional bans of common semiautomatic firearms represents a critical step toward restoring the full scope of the Second Amendment as our Founders intended,” Hamlin said in a public statement. He added the NRA Institute for Legislative Action would oppose similar proposals.

“Americans have a fundamental right to keep and bear arms for lawful purposes—including the most popular rifles in the country, which law-abiding citizens own by the tens of millions for self-defense, community defense, sporting use, and the defense of liberty,” Hamlin continued.

In the case of Viramontes v. Cook County, the plaintiff, Cutberto Viramontes, sued in 2021 over the county’s ban........

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