Justice Barrett Refuses to Block Illinois Assault Weapons Ban

Justice Amy Coney Barrett denied a request from a gun rights group seeking a court order blocking Illinois’ ban on assault weapons.

Barrett acted Wednesday without commenting or referring the emergency application to the full court.

Law-Abiding Gun Owners of Macon County and two of its leaders asked Barrett for the injunction to stop the law from being enforced while the justices decide what to do with its pending challenge to the state Supreme Court’s decision that upheld the ban.

The group is arguing the Protect Illinois Communities Act is unconstitutional both under the Second Amendment and the equal protection ...