Rory Little of UC Law San Francisco argued in a September 15 SCOTUSblog preview that Viramontes v. Cook County lets Cook County and Connecticut ban AR-15s by reading Heller as protecting only 18th-century arms. George Washington University’s Jonathan Turley replied September 23 that Heller, the 2016 Caetano stun-gun decision, and Scalia’s 2015 join of the Friedman v. Highland Park dissent show modern commonly owned semi-automatics remain protected, while a 2026 survey put comparable rifles near 60 million or one in ten adults.