Supreme Court Leaves in Force Illinois Assault-Weapon Ban (2)

The US Supreme Court left in force a new Illinois ban on the sale of semiautomatic assault-style rifles and large-capacity magazines, declining for now to intervene while legal challenges go forward.

The high court, without comment or any noted dissent, turned away an emergency request to pause the law filed by a gun-rights group and a firearms retailer in the Chicago suburb of Naperville. The challengers also sought to halt a Naperville ban on assault-weapons sales, saying the restrictions violate the Constitution’s Second Amendment.

Gun-rights advocates are looking to extend the 2022 Supreme Court decision that declared a constitutional right ...