{"id":2701153,"date":"2026-11-07T07:13:02","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T12:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-amendment-declared-extinct-in-scotus-brief-over-gun-ban\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T07:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T12:15:07","slug":"second-amendment-declared-extinct-in-scotus-brief-over-gun-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-amendment-declared-extinct-in-scotus-brief-over-gun-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Amendment Declared &#8216;Extinct&#8217; in SCOTUS Brief Over Gun Ban"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fsecond-amendment-declared-extinct-in-scotus-brief-over-gun-ban%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=2701153&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 brief supporting Connecticut\u2019s ban on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americas-northern-neighbor-going-on-gun-grabbing-spree\/\" title=\"America&#039;s Northern Neighbor Going on Gun-Grabbing Spree\">modern semiautomatic firearms<\/a> was filed with the Supreme Court on Oct. 26, arguing that part of the Second Amendment is effectively \u201cextinct.\u201d The filings were highlighted in a Western Journal post titled \u201cSecond Amendment Declared \u2018Extinct\u2019 in SCOTUS Brief Over Gun Ban.\u201d I can\u2019t confirm that specific oct. 26 filing or the Western Journal headline right now as I don\u2019t have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-abigail-spanberger-inaugurated-as-virginias-new-governor-41\/\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: Abigail Spanberger inaugurated as Virginia&#039;s new governor\">live web access<\/a>. I can, however, explain how to verify the claim and what it would mean if true.<\/p>\n<p>How you can verify the claim<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Check the Supreme Court docket for the relevant case on the Court\u2019s website (supremecourt.gov) or consult SCOTUSblog for coverage. The docket will list briefs and amici, with filing dates and PDFs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Search PACER or <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >major legal-news sites<\/a> for the case name and \u201camicus brief Oct. 26\u201d to find the actual document.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Read the brief itself (PDF) to confirm who filed it and the exact language used (e.g., whether it literally says the Second Amendment is \u201cextinct\u201d or uses that term rhetorically).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Note the source: Western Journal is a conservative outlet that sometimes uses sensational headlines; compare it&#8217;s account to the brief\u2019s text and neutral legal reporting.<\/p>\n<p>What such a brief would mean<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; An amicus brief is an outside party\u2019s argument to the Court; it does not bind the Court and is not the same as a party\u2019s merits brief.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; If a brief argues a portion of the Second Amendment is \u201cextinct,\u201d it\u2019s likely making a ancient-tradition argument (post-Bruen) that certain modern weapons are not protected because no historical analogue existed. That\u2019s a legal argument, not a settled factual finding.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The court decides cases based on the record and arguments from the parties and amici; one amicus brief, though dramatic, does not by itself alter precedent.<\/p>\n<p>if you want<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Paste the brief or a link and I\u2019ll summarize it and point out the key claims and how persuasive they are likely to be.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; I can also look up neutral reporting on the filing if you provide a link or more case details. <br \/> <br \/>\n    Read more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The first brief supporting Connecticut\u2019s ban on modern semiautomatic firearms was filed at the Supreme Court Oct. 26, arguing that part of the Second Amendment was \u201cextinct.\u201d In briefs filed [\u2026] The post Second Amendment Declared &#8216;Extinct&#8217; in SCOTUS Brief Over Gun Ban appeared first on The Western Journal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CT gun ban; SCOTUS brief says Amendment extinct<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[43482,50385,52020,6994,32209],"class_list":["post-2701153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-constitutional-law","tag-gun-control-2","tag-gun-rights-2","tag-scotus","tag-second-amendment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2701153"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2701156,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701153\/revisions\/2701156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2701153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2701153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2701153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}