challenge to asst weapon ban

[Lee Borgersen]

Supreme Court rejects challenge to assault weapon ban
 
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge by gun rights activists to an ordinance enacted by a Chicago suburb that bans assault weapons and large-capacity magazines.




 


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The refusal by the nine justices to hear the case, coming at a time of fierce debate over the nation's gun laws following a series of mass shootings, means that the 2013 ordinance passed by the city of Highland Park, Illinois remains in effect. Two of the court's conservatives members, Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia, said the court should have taken the case.

Thomas wrote a six-page dissent in which he said that in the wake of recent pro-gun rights rulings by the conservative-leaning high court, several lower courts "have upheld categorical bans on firearms that millions of Americans commonly own for lawful purposes."


The Highland Park regulation bans various semi-automatic weapons, including well-known guns such as the AR-15 and AK-47, in addition to any magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds of bullets.

In April, the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the challenge, saying the ordinance does not violate the right to bear arms guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment.

The plaintiffs were gun owner Arie Friedman and the Illinois State Rifle Association. The National Rifle Association, the influential gun rights group, and 24 U.S. states urged the high court to hear the case.

The Supreme Court has not taken up a major gun case since 2010. In the 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller case, the court held that the Second Amendment guaranteed an individual right to bear arms. Two years later, in the case McDonald v. City of Chicago, the court held that the earlier ruling applied to the states.

[Cody Gruchow]

I see no point in these weapons but if they continue to chop away at what we people can and can't have pretty soon they won't be happy with that and they will just take every gun. I also don't get how the government thinks that if they just ban these weapons that it will all of a sudden make it so the bad guys won't have them either...wrong..

[greatoutdoors]

I see no point in these weapons..........!I also don't get how the government thinks that if they just ban these weapons that it will all of a sudden make it so the bad guys won't have them either...wrong..

Cody, what the antis call assault rifles, are nothing more than semi automatic rifles that "look mean!"
When I was in the Army, the definition of an assault rifle was any clip fed weapon capable of fully automatic fire which at that time was the AK 47 and M-16.  These were the "real" versions, not the look a likes they sell now.

[The General]

The prices were just starting to come down on AR 15 and I was just thinking about getting one but didn't have the spare change to get the one I wanted.  I'm sure the prices will jump.  I also just started seeing 22 shells.  I did buy a bunch of them and should go back and maybe buy the rest.  Christmas has come early for gun manufactures though.

[Cody Gruchow]

I understand what they are. I was stating my opinion. My room mate is big into them. I just have no practical use for one. My point is the government seems to think that if they just get rid of them that the bad guys won't get them anymore and they couldn't be more wrong.

[greatoutdoors]

I understand what they are. I was stating my opinion. My room mate is big into them. I just have no practical use for one. My point is the government seems to think that if they just get rid of them that the bad guys won't get them anymore and they couldn't be more wrong.

I have never understood that type of logic (or lack of) that passing a law will make something go away.   
Laws are obeyed by law abiding people, not criminals, and the lefties in this country cannot grasp that concept! 
Amazing. 

[Cody Gruchow]

I understand what they are. I was stating my opinion. My room mate is big into them. I just have no practical use for one. My point is the government seems to think that if they just get rid of them that the bad guys won't get them anymore and they couldn't be more wrong.

I have never understood that type of logic (or lack of) that passing a law will make something go away.   
Laws are obeyed by law abiding people, not criminals, and the lefties in this country cannot grasp that concept!  :dosh
Amazing. 

I agree with you 100%