On Monday, the high court refused to hear a Second
Amendment challenge to a 2013 ordinance passed by the city of Highland Park,
Illinois, without giving reason. The NRA and 24 U.S. states urged the Court to
hear the case brought forth by a Highland Park resident and the Illinois State
Rifle Association, according to Reuters. The Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals previously rejected the challenge, upholding the Highland Park
measure as constitutional. Similar bans exist in California, New York, New
Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Hawaii and Connecticut. The Newtown,
Connecticut gunman who killed 20 schoolchildren and their teachers at Sandy
Hook Elementary used assault weapons equipped with high-capacity 30-round
magazines.
