{"id":2656128,"date":"2026-09-08T17:13:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T21:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-gun-groups-warn-that-bans-revert-rights-to-the-19th-century\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T17:17:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T21:17:33","slug":"pro-gun-groups-warn-that-bans-revert-rights-to-the-19th-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-gun-groups-warn-that-bans-revert-rights-to-the-19th-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-gun groups warn that bans revert rights to the 19th century"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpro-gun-groups-warn-that-bans-revert-rights-to-the-19th-century%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2656128&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A group of pro-gun organizations argues that laws banning &#8220;assault weapons&#8221; aim to keep Second Amendment rights outdated, asserting at the upcoming Supreme Court oral arguments that such bans threaten modern firearm rights protected under the Constitution. The cases in question, Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins, challenge laws in Illinois and Connecticut that prohibit the sale of semiautomatic rifles like the AR-15. Advocates for the laws contend they are necessary for public safety,while the plaintiffs maintain that banning popular,modern firearms is unconstitutional and would regress Second Amendment protections by decades. The Supreme Court&#8217;s decision will influence similar laws across several states.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A coalition of pro-<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/guns-and-firearms\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"780\">gun<\/a> groups claims that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-announces-settlement-with-lasd-over-concealed-carry-permit-delays\/\" title=\"DOJ announces settlement with LASD over concealed carry permit d...ays\">state \u201cassault weapons\u201d bans<\/a> try to keep <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/second-amendment\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1043\">Second Amendment<\/a> rights stuck in the 19th century, submitting filings ahead of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/supreme-court\/\" data-type=\"category\" data-id=\"11310\">Supreme Court\u2019s<\/a> December oral arguments weighing the legality of a pair of these sweeping bans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The consolidated cases in <em>Viramontes v. Cook County<\/em> and <em>Grant v. Higgins<\/em> will deal with whether assault weapons bans, which typically outlaw the purchase of AR-15 and similar semiautomatic rifles, are constitutional under the Second and 14th amendments. The two cases are over laws in Cook County, Illinois, and Connecticut, but are similar to laws in various other states that will be affected by the high court\u2019s eventual ruling. 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