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The U.S. Supreme Court has again declined to overturn the ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines enacted by the state of Illinois.
To prevent the ban’s enforcement, a gun rights organization and a gun shop owner petitioned the Supreme Court for an emergency ruling, claiming that the restrictions violate their right to bear arms. The Supreme Court denied the plaintiffs’ comparable request.
The high court once again denied their request in a short decision that did not include any dissenting opinions. Although the matter may end up back before the justices, the decision keeps the laws in place for now.
The Democratic-controlled state of Illinois enacted stricter gun control laws in the wake of a mass shooting that occurred during a Fourth of July celebration in Highland Park, killing seven and injuring scores more.
The ban, signed by Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker in January, includes penalties for any individual who “carries or possesses… manufactures, sells, delivers, imports, or purchases any assault weapon or .50 caliber rifle.”
It also includes statutory penalties for anyone who “sells, manufactures, delivers, imports, possesses, or purchases any assault weapon attachment or .50 caliber cartridge.”
Any kit or tools used to increase the fire rate of a semiautomatic weapon is also included in the ban, and the law includes a limit for purchases of certain magazines. Following Thursday’s ruling, the lower courts will continue to litigate the law.
The Law Weapons and Supply firearm store owned by Robert Bevis, the National Association for Gun Rights, and the National Association for Gun Rights are claiming that these laws violate the Supreme Court’s new standard for determining whether or not something violates the Second Amendment.
“Delaying a right results in its denial, and enforcing these gun bans every day is an affront to freedom.” We will be back to the Supreme Court as soon as our legal team finishes drafting our cert petition, and they will have to decide if they meant what they said in Heller and Bruen,” Dudley Brown, the group’s president, said.