The federal appeals court in Chicago on Tuesday denied a request to block the state’s assault weapons ban while it faces legal challenges.
The law also capped the purchase of magazines at 10 rounds for long guns and 15 for handguns, and made rapid-fire devices, known as "switches," illegal because they turn firearms into fully automatic weapons.
Pritzker’s signature came six months after a gunman used an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle to kill seven people and wound more than 48 others at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade.The White House is demanding that Congress take action. Bevis’ lawyers claimed his business, Law Weapons & Supply, had suffered because of the ban and may have to close because it could not sell the popular guns.
In her ruling, Judge Kendall reasoned that "because assault weapons are particularly dangerous weapons … their regulation accords with history and tradition." Attorneys for Bevis have cited earlier Supreme Court rulings that weapons must be found to be "dangerous and unusual" to be banned. Because assault-style rifles are "commonly possessed by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes," they can’t be banned because they are "not unusual," they argued.DAILY NEWSLETTERthat I have read and agree
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