BELLEVUE, Wash. — Nov. 12, 2025 — Attorneys representing the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) have filed a reply brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Viramontes v. Cook County, SAF’s challenge to the Cook County, Ill., ban on so-called “assault weapons.” The case has been distributed for conference to be held on Friday, Dec. 5.
SAF and its partners filed their cert petition in August, and the reply brief was submitted in response to Cook County’s attempt to dissuade the Hight Court from hearing the case. SAF is joined in the case by the Firearms Policy Coalition and two private citizens.
“Despite Cook County’s attempt to avoid constitutional accountability, we think Viramontes is a suitable vehicle for the Court to settle the assault weapons ban issue once and for all,” said SAF Executive Director Adam Kraut. “The Supreme Court has already indicated its interest in doing exactly that, and we’re hopeful this case provides the opportunity for the Court to step up and put an end to these pernicious hardware bans.”
As noted in the brief, “…the Seventh Circuit is not alone in deeply misunderstanding the application of the Second Amendment in challenges to firearm bans, and the time has come for this Court to address the AR-15 issue.”
“The assault weapons issue has percolated long enough,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. “All the while the fundamental rights of millions of Americans, including the peaceable citizens of Chicago, are subject to constitutional injury as the result of these bans.”
For more information visit SAF.org.
The Second Amendment Foundation (saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action group dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the fundamental rights of individuals enshrined in the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. SAF engages in aggressive legal action to ensure the principles of armed self-defense, personal liberty, and the ownership of arms are defended, secured, and restored. Through public education initiatives, SAF teaches the importance of the Second Amendment to promote a society that values and exercises the right to keep and bear arms.
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