Connecticut Gun Laws - Page 2 of 2

Connecticut Gun Laws - Page 2

The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up a constitutional challenge to a Connecticut gun law passed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

The law bans certain semi-automatic assault weapons and large capacity magazines.

Although the decision comes days after the Orlando shooting, that event probably didn't move the justices either way.

In recent years the Court has declined to take up a major Second Amendment case. In 2008, the Supreme Court held 5-4 in District of Columbia v Heller that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to bear arms, and except for a follow up decision two years later, the court has not weighed in again. Ref. CNN.