The US Supreme Courtroom declined to enjoin the Illinois assault rifle ban on Wednesday whereas the case is pending attraction within the US Courtroom of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The attraction was presented to Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
The court docket denied the plaintiffs’ software for a writ of injunction pending attraction. The plaintiffs within the case embody the Nationwide Affiliation for Gun Rights, Robert C. Bevis and Legislation Weapons Inc. The plaintiffs challenged the assault weapon ban beneath the Second Modification within the US District Courtroom for the Northern District of Illinois and filed a movement for a preliminary injunction towards the ban. The court docket denied the injunction and the plaintiffs appealed to the Seventh Circuit. The court docket denied the plaintiff’s possibility for an injunction pending attraction.
The plaintiffs argue that the district court docket’s order was “clearly inaccurate.” In response, the defendants argue that the plaintiffs haven’t proven that they’re “indisputably entitled to reduction.” Moreover, the defendants additionally assert that no important or exigent circumstances exist that will warrant an injunction pending attraction.
Earlier this yr, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed the ban into legislation. The legislation banned the sale and manufacturing of assault rifles within the state. The invoice, often called the Shield Illinois Communities Act, additionally prohibits the sale and manufacturing of assault weapon attachments, .50 caliber cartridges, any .50 caliber rifle and sure pistols. The invoice defines assault rifles as any rifle that carries greater than 15 rounds of ammunition. Pistols that carry greater than 10 rounds of ammunition are additionally banned.
This case includes a problem to each a Metropolis of Naperville ordinance and the state assault rifle ban. In March, an Illinois state choose ruled that the statewide ban is unconstitutional beneath the Illinois Structure. That case is pending within the Illinois Supreme Courtroom.
