U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Challenges to State Assault Weapons Bans

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases, Viramontes v. Cook County (Illinois) and Grant v. Higgins (Connecticut), challenging state assault weapons bans. This provides the Court an opportunity to clarify how its 2022 Bruen decision applies to restrictions on specific types of firearms. The cases are expected to address whether bans based on features such as magazine capacity or semi-automatic design can survive Second Amendment scrutiny, with oral arguments likely in late 2026 or early 2027.