Supreme Court Asked to Halt Gun Ban Passed After Mass Shooting

A gun rights group again asked the US Supreme Court to halt an Illinois ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.

The ban “is fundamentally at odds with a number” of Supreme Court precedents, the National Association for Gun Rights told the justices in an emergency request for an injunction on Wednesday.

The law was passed after a shooter killed seven people and wounded dozens more at a 2022 Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, outside Chicago.

The group pointed to the court’s 2008 decision in D.C. v. Heller and its 2022 ruling in New York State Rifle & ...