Bevis v Illinois - assault weapons (ar 15) ban

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A federal appeals court panel ruled Friday 2-1 that Illinois’ “assault weapons”/semiautomatic weapons ban is constitutional, meaning the case is likely now headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Friday’s ruling came as a bit of a surprise given the conservative makeup of the Seventh Circuit’s three-judge panel.

“Notably, the majority was composed of conservative judge Frank Easterbook and liberal judge Diane P. Wood. Conservative judge Michael P. Brennan dissented,” according to legal scholar Jonathan Turley.

In his dissent, Brennan wrote that the state and local governments that had enacted the bans “failed to meet their burden to show that their bans are part of the history and tradition of firearms regulation.”

According to WLS, he also “ripped his colleagues’ ‘remarkable’ conclusion that personal ownership of assault-style weapons and high-powered magazines is not protected by the Second Amendment.”

“The AR-15 is a civilian, not military, weapon. No army in the world uses a service rifle that is only semiautomatic. Even so, the majority opinion uses a civilian firearm’s military counterpart to determine whether it is an ‘Arm,'” he reportedly wrote.
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Turley: Federal appeals court upholding Illinois AR-15 ban ‘could set up major test for gun rights’

A federal appeals court panel ruled Friday 2-1 that Illinois’ “assault weapons”/semiautomatic weapons ban is constitutional, meaning the case is likely now headed to the U.S. Supreme […]

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This case will be appealed to SCOTUS. Hopefully they take it up and reverse the idiotic reasoning employed by the 7th circuit.

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The Seventh Circuit Rules for Illinois AR-15 Assault Ban

Yesterday, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit voted 2-1 to overturn an injunction against Illinois’ “assault weapons” ban. The panel declared that AR…

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7th circuit ruling:

https://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/OpinionsWeb/processWebInputExternal.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2023/D11-03/C:23-1828:J:Wood:aut:T:fnOp:N:3126511:S:0

 

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Nov 29 (Reuters) - An Illinois firearms retailer and a national gun rights group on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court for a second time to block a Democratic-backed state ban on assault-style rifles and large capacity magazines enacted after a deadly mass shooting in Chicago's Highland Park suburb in 2022.

The National Association for Gun Rights, Robert Bevis and his firearms store, Law Weapons & Supply, made the request after a lower court denied their bid for a preliminary injunction against the ban, as well as a similar ban enacted by another Chicago suburb, Naperville.

US Supreme Court is again asked to block Illinois assault weapons ban

An Illinois firearms retailer and a national gun rights group on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court for a second time to block a Democratic-backed state ban on assault-style rifles and large capacity magazines enacted after a deadly mass shooting in Chicago's Highland Park suburb in 2022.

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The Supreme Court refuses to block an Illinois law banning some high-power semiautomatic weapons​

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to put on hold a new Illinois law that would ban high-power semiautomatic weapons like the one used in the mass killing of seven people at a 2022 parade in a Chicago suburb.

The justices did not comment in refusing an emergency appeal from a gun rights group and others.

The law prohibits the possession, manufacture or sale of semiautomatic rifles and high-capacity magazines. It takes effect Jan. 1.

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The Supreme Court refuses to block an Illinois law banning some high-power semiautomatic weapons

The Supreme Court has declined to put on hold a new Illinois law that would ban high-power semiautomatic weapons like the one used in the mass killing of seven people at a 2022 parade in a Chicago suburb.

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SAF FILES FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN CHALLENGE TO N.Y. GUN BAN​

BELLEVUE, WA – Attorneys representing the plaintiffs in a federal court challenge to New York’s ban on so-called “assault weapons” have filed a brief seeking summary judgment in the case, which is supported by the Second Amendment Foundation. The case is known as Lane v. Rocah.

SAF and the Firearms Policy Coalition have supported the case since it was filed in December 2022. Plaintiffs J. Mark Lane and James Sears are represented by attorneys Cody Wisniewski, Adam Kraut, who is also SAF’s executive director, and Nicolas J. Rotsko. The brief was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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SAF FILES FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN CHALLENGE TO N.Y. GUN BAN - Second Amendment Foundation

BELLEVUE, WA – Attorneys representing the plaintiffs in a federal court challenge to New York’s ban on so-called “assault weapons” have filed a brief seeking summary judgment in the case,

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