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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Connecticut Gun Law
The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld Connecticut's ban on assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition magazines, both of which were core provisions of the sweeping gun control law enacted after the December 2012 Newtown school shootings.
"New York and Connecticut have adequately established a substantial relationship between the prohibition of both semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity magazines and the important — indeed compelling — state interest in controlling crime," U.S. Circuit Judge José A. Cabranes wrote in the decision published Monday, ruling that the post-Newtown gun laws enacted in both states do not violate the Second Amendment right to individual gun ownership.
The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld Connecticut's ban on assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition magazines, both of which were core provisions of the sweeping gun control law enacted after the December 2012 Newtown school shootings.
"New York and Connecticut have adequately established a substantial relationship between the prohibition of both semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity magazines and the important — indeed compelling — state interest in controlling crime," U.S. Circuit Judge José A. Cabranes wrote in the decision published Monday, ruling that the post-Newtown gun laws enacted in both states do not violate the Second Amendment right to individual gun ownership.
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