Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Illinois' assault weapons ban
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The U.S. Supreme Court decided Tuesday not to take up a challenge to Illinois’ assault weapons ban allowing the 18-month-old Protecting Illinois Communities...
The Supreme Court has sidestepped a new set of Second Amendment fights. The justices on Tuesday declined to hear a challenge to an Illinois assault weapons ban and sent other
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a 2nd Amendment challenge to state laws in Illinois that prohibited the sale of rapid-fire assault weapons.
The majority said Tuesday they would not review a ruling by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, which in a 2-1 vote refused to block a new Illinois law that forbids the sale of semiautomatic rifles and pistols as well as large-capacity magazines.
The Supreme Court avoided taking up a series of cases on the right to bear arms and left in place an Illinois law that bans assault-style weapons such as the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, which has been used in various high-profile mass shootings.
The Supreme Court sidestepped a new set of Second Amendment fights Tuesday, declining to hear a challenge to an assault weapons ban in Illinois and sending other gun cases back to lower courts, including a challenge to the law used to convict Hunter Biden.
Justice Clarence Thomas called on the high court to review the law at another time, and expressed doubt that Illinois' ban on America’s most common civilian rifle would pass constitutional muster.
The Supreme Court declined to take up a case involving a ban on certain semiautomatic firearms , with Justice Clarence Thomas issuing a statement on the denial.
The Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will not hear challenges to an assault weapons ban in Illinois, effectively leaving the law in place for now.
