Two national gun rights organizations are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Cook County’s ban on assault-style weapons.
Capitol News Illinois reports the Firearms Policy Coalition and the Second Amendment Foundation filed a petition with the nation’s high court on Wednesday, asking it to overturn a Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding the ban.
The Cook County ban was enacted in 1993. It is similar to the statewide assault weapons ban that Illinois lawmakers passed in 2023. The Supreme Court has not yet said whether it will consider the appeal.
