Supreme Court lets local ban on assault weapons stand
By David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times
In a victory for gun-control advocates, the Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Second Amendment challenge to laws that forbid the sale or possession of semiautomatic weapons that carry more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
The justices by a 7-2 vote refused to review rulings by judges in Chicago who upheld a ban on assault weapons in the city of Highland Park as a reasonable gun-control regulation.
Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia dissented.