Second Amendment Groups Allege in Federal Suit That New York’s Weapons Ban ‘Unjustly’ Calls AR-15 an Assault Rifle

New York State Attorney General Letitia James, Westchester District Attorney Mimi Rocah and the superintendent of the New York State Police were hit with a lawsuit Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York challenging the state’s ban on semiautomatic firearms.