Grant v. Higgins Supreme Court Case: AR-15 Ban
Grant v. Higgins Supreme Court Case: AR-15 Ban. The Supreme Court will hear Grant v. Higgins this fall. We break down the petitioners' arguments against AR-15 bans and what it means for 2A rights. { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization", "name": "Greyhive", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://greyhive.com/static/uploads/images/ae198483-01c9-44b4-a16a-03f516ceaf66.svg", "width": 512, "height": 512 }, "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/greyhive", "https://www.instagram.com/greyhive/", "https://www.youtube.com/@Greyhive", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/greyhive/" ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "name": "Greyhive", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/c/gun_guru#person", "name": "Gun Guru", "url": "https://greyhive.com/c/gun_guru", "description": "Gun Guru is a Greyhive creator producing original 2A, firearms, hunting, and outdoor content.", "image": "https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/58d66f2f-06ea-4f36-97bf-45035316660a.jpg" }, { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/grant-v-higgins-supreme-court-ar15-ban#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/grant-v-higgins-supreme-court-ar15-ban" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/grant-v-higgins-supreme-court-ar15-ban", "headline": "Grant v. Higgins Supreme Court Case: AR-15 Ban", "name": "Grant v. Higgins Supreme Court Case: AR-15 Ban", "description": "The Supreme Court will hear Grant v. Higgins this fall. We break down the petitioners' arguments against AR-15 bans and what it means for 2A rights.", "articleSection": "Culture & News", "articleBody": "Grant v. Higgins is the consolidated Second Amendment case the Supreme Court is set to hear this fall, and it could decide whether states can ban the AR-15 outright. In his Saturday night livestream from \"behind enemy lines\" in Connecticut, the creator behind Gun Guru broke down the petitioners' newly-filed brief and what a win — or loss — means for gun owners nationwide. The Court consolidated the Connecticut case (Grant v. Higgins) with the Vermont/Illinois Cook County matter. According to Gun Guru, who is on the Supreme Court's mailing list for this specific case, the petitioners filed a 48-page amicus brief, and the state has until October 21 to respond. Each side gets exactly one hour of oral arguments, which is why the written briefs carry so much weight. The Connecticut petitioners include Eddie Grant Jr., Jennifer Hamilton, Michael Stiefel, the Connecticut Citizens Defense League (CCDL), and the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF). The respondents are Connecticut officials, including the commissioner and state prosecutors. A decision may not land until next June. Key Takeaways Grant v. Higgins is consolidated with the Vermont/Cook County case; each side gets one hour of oral argument, with a decision possibly by June. The petitioners' core argument: AR-15s are \"arms,\" are in common use, and cannot be banned as merely \"dangerous\" — Bruen's test is \"dangerous and unusual,\" not \"or.\" Historical rapid-fire ar…