BREAKING: Supreme Court Declines to Hear Assault Weapons Case, Allows Law to Stand
By Nick Leghorn
Within the wave of new anti-gun laws passed following the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut was an “assault weapons ban” in the city of Highland Park, Illinois (just outside Chicago). The state was about to preempt all local gun laws (in the future, allowing existing ones to stand), and this was the last chance for them to screw over gun owners. The “assault weapons” ban went into place, and a lawsuit was filed claiming that the whole thing was an unconstitutional infringement on American’s right to own “commonly used” firearms, something that had been recently upheld in the Heller decision. Now it appears that the Supreme Court has decided they aren’t going to follow up and enforce that decision, as they have declined to hear the case challenging this “assault weapons” ban.
From CNN:
The Supreme Court declined to take up a challenge to a Chicago suburb’s ban on assault weapons Monday, a move that will encourage gun-control advocates and could frustrate supporters of gun rights.
The city of Highland Park, Illinois, passed the ban in 2013 following a series of mass shooting incidents around the country. The law prohibits the sale, purchase and possession of semi-automatic firearms …Read the Rest
Source:: Truth About Guns
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