DEFOREST H. BENJAMIN, JR., ET AL.
v.
JOHN M. BAILEY ET AL.
Supreme Court of Connecticut.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued April 26, 1995.
Decision released July 25, 1995.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Wesley W. Horton, with whom were Christy Scott, Gregory J. Miller, Mark K. Benenson and, on the brief, Michael S. Taylor, John A. Reed, Joseph M. Busher and Jennifer B. Cona, legal interns, for the appellants-appellees (plaintiffs).
Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, with whom were Robert F. Vacchelli, Ronald E. Naves, Jr., and Gregory T. D'Auria, assistant attorneys general, and Harry D. Weller, assistant state's attorney, for the appellees-appellants (defendants).
Serge G. Mihaly and Robert Dowlut, pro hac vice, filed a brief for the Firearms Civil Rights Legal Defense Fund as amicus curiae.
David W. Cooney, Douglas Hammond, Dennis A. Henigan, pro hac vice, and Mark D. Polston, pro hac vice, filed a brief for The Center To Prevent Handgun Violence et al. as amici curiae.
PETERS, C. J., and BORDEN, BERDON, KATZ and PALMER, JS.
Supreme Court of Connecticut.
PETERS, C. J.
The principal question in this appeal is whether the statutes banning the sale, transfer or possession of assault weapons, General Statutes §§ 53-202a through 53-202k,1 violate the right to bear arms guaranteed by article first, § 15, of the state constitution.2 In November, 1993, the plaintiffs, DeForest H. Benjamin, Jr., Robert A. Suprenant...
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