Connecticut Lawyer Asks Supreme Court to Declare Part of the Second Amendment ‘Extinct’ So the State Can Keep Its AR-15 Ban

Firearm Laws & Litigation Articles - USA Carry · Oct 28, 2026

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Connecticut attorney David A. Robinson filed a friend-of-the-court brief asking the Supreme Court to declare part of the Second Amendment extinct.

Robinson, a private citizen practicing employment law in North Haven, is not a party to either case before the Court.

The brief supports semiautomatic rifle bans in Cook County, Illinois, and Connecticut, which are being challenged by the Second Amendment Foundation.

Robinson argues the militia clause is obsolete because no American has been drafted into military service since 1973.

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