US Supreme Court Gets Emergency Petition Over Illinois ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban

Published on November 30, 2023

Opponents of Illinois’s “assault weapons” ban filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, asking the justices to block a Democrat-backed ban on certain kinds of semiautomatic rifles and magazines. The National Association for Gun Rights, firearms store owner Robert Bevis, and his store, Law Weapons & Supply, filed the “emergency application” after a lower court denied their bid for a preliminary injunction against the statewide ban, as well as a similar ban enacted by the Chicago suburb of Naperville. Justice Amy Coney Barrett handles emergency petitions from Illinois, although in May 2023, she rebuffed an earlier petition that challenged the state ban. At the time, the Supreme Court offered no comment and no justice publicly dissented....

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