The U.S. Supreme Court Monday handed a legal victory to advocates of banning firearms commonly known as assault weapons.
By leaving a suburban Chicago gun control law
intact, the court gave a boost to efforts aimed at imposing such bans
elsewhere, at a time of renewed interest in gun regulation after recent
mass shootings.
Police say the attackers in San Bernardino used
such weapons as did the gunman who attacked a Planned Parenthood clinic
two weeks ago in Colorado.
The court declined to take up a challenge to a
2013 law passed in Highland Park, Illinois that bans the sale, purchase,
or possession of semi-automatic weapons that can hold more than ten
rounds in a single ammunition clip or magazine. It specifically includes
certain rifles, including those resembling the AR-15 and AK-47
assault-style firearms.
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Source: NBC News
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