Illinois Assault Weapons Ban Faces Legal Challenges and Sales Surges

Gun rights advocates are asking Justice Amy Coney Barrett and the Supreme Court to block state and local bans on assault weapons in Illinois, claiming that courts are ignoring last year's ruling that expanded Second Amendment rights. The challengers are challenging both a city ordinance and an Illinois state law that prohibit the sale and possession of assault weapons and magazines. The Supreme Court has avoided jumping back into the fray around Second Amendment disputes that have proliferated in the ruling's wake.