Clock Ticking Down on
2A Infringement; Antis Apprehensive

Buried deep into a USA Today report about the U.S. Supreme Court's "big focus" on firearms rights and regulations is a paragraph which may underscore the apprehension within the gun prohibition movement about the upcoming hearing on the constitutionality of state bans on so-called "assault weapons."

Viramontes v. Cook County challenges the ban in Cook County, Illinois. The Second Amendment Foundation filed this case in August 2021 and is joined by the Firearms Policy Coalition and three private citizens, all Cook County residents.

Grant v. Higgins challenges the ban in Connecticut. Originally known as Grant v. Lamont, this case was filed in September 2022 by SAF, the Connecticut Citizens Defense League (CCDL) and three private citizens.

As SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb told TGM recently, the high court chose these two cases probably to cover all the bases: state and local gun bans.

When USA Today quoted Douglas Letter, chief legal officer at the Brady gun control group, he referred to where the line should be drawn regarding "historically restricted dangerous and unusual weapons." …