BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Modification Basis has filed an appellants transient with the Seventh U.S. Circuit Courtroom of Appeals within the persevering with problem of the ban on so-called “assault weapons” in Prepare dinner County, Illinois.
Becoming a member of SAF in its attraction from U.S. District Courtroom for the Northern District of Illinois are the Firearms Coverage Coalition and two non-public residents, Cutberto Viramontes and Christopher Khaya. They’re represented by attorneys David H. Thompson, Peter A. Patterson and William V. Bergstrom with Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, Washington, D.C. The case, filed initially in 2021, is called Viramontes v. Prepare dinner County.
“The query offered on this case is simple,” famous SAF founder and Government Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb, “whether or not the Second Modification permits the federal government to ban the best-selling rifles in America and related semiautomatic firearms erroneously labeled as ‘assault weapons.’ We keep the reply to that clearly isn’t any.”
“Trendy semiautomatic rifles are generally used for every kind of lawful functions,” mentioned SAF Government Director Adam Kraut. “Whereas tens of millions of Individuals personal tens of tens of millions of them, such rifles are utilized in a tiny fraction of all homicides, in response to FBI information. They’re used for self-defense, looking, predator management, competitors and recreation, and there could be little doubt they’re protected by the Second Modification.”
The case has really been “on maintain” for the previous couple of years, throughout which the Supreme Courtroom handed down the 2022 Bruen choice, and the Illinois Legislature handed a statewide ban on so-called “assault weapons” in January 2023. Plaintiffs had requested the courtroom to remain the case pending decision of the Illinois ban’s constitutionality, however the courtroom declined to grant a keep.
“It’s time for a decision to this case,” Kraut noticed.
