Gun advocates are seeking a preliminary injunction that would temporarily strike down Connecticut’s ban on assault weapons after the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives reclassified some firearms that would now be prohibited in the state.

The injunction was filed Friday as part of a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn Connecticut’s assault weapons ban, which was established in 2013, the year after 20 children and six educators were killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings.

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