Illinois Assault Weapons Bans Likely to Survive, 7th Cir. Says

Illinois and several municipalities can continue to enforce their bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, after the Seventh Circuit concluded they’re likely to survive constitutional scrutiny.

“Using the tools of history and tradition” as directed by the US Supreme Court, the court said the weapons regulated by the bans are more like portable nuclear weapons than handguns.

“We come to this conclusion because these assault weapons and high-capacity magazines are much more like machineguns and military-grade weaponry than they are like the many different types of firearms that are used for individual self-defense,” Judge Diane P. Wood wrote for ...