‘Cannibalizing’ gun regulation: SCOTUS to hear a major case on AR-15s

In its next term, the Supreme Court will hear a major consolidated case on assault weapon bans and whether the Second Amendment protects the right to possess AR-15s and semiautomatic rifles. Semi-automatic rifles are “the weapon of choice” for somebody looking to harm large groups of people, says Mark Barden, whose son, Daniel, was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting. Law professor Leah Litman says the Supreme Court's conservative supermajority has shown “they have a ton of zeal for basically cannibalizing and eliminating common sense gun control regulation.”

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