Connecticut Tells the Supreme Court AR-15s Are ‘Weapons of War’ in Brief Defending Its Ban Ahead of December 2 Arguments

Firearm Laws & Litigation Articles - USA Carry · Oct 22, 2026

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Connecticut's attorney general filed a Supreme Court brief defending the state's AR-15 ban, calling the rifles weapons of war.

The Supreme Court consolidated Grant v. Higgins with Viramontes v. Cook County and scheduled oral arguments for December 2.

Both the district court and appellate court previously found Connecticut's AR-15 ban to be constitutional.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear Grant v. Higgins only on the rifle question, leaving magazine bans on a separate track.

Washington's HB 1240 bans the sale of certain semiautomatic rifles, and a related case…