Chicago-Area Assault Weapon Ban Stands, Appeals Court Rules (1)

Cook County, Ill.'s prohibition on semiautomatic weapons was upheld Monday, with a federal appeals court finding that the Second Amendment advocates who challenged the law didn’t present enough of a record to persuade them to reconsider a prior decision upholding the ban.

The plaintiffs’ “failure to build an adequate record here dooms his challenge,” the unsigned order states. Chief Judge Diane Sykes and Judges Michael Brennan and Amy St. Eve sat on the panel.

The weapons covered by the Cook County ban include semiautomatic firearms that “can accept a detachable magazine and has one or more military-style features.” The county ...