The US Supreme Court has declined to put a temporary hold on an Illinois law that bans the sale of assault-style weapons and a variety of other guns and accessories.

The law will require existing owners of the restricted items to register them by 1 January.

A gun rights group and the owner of a gun shop have sued to stop the implementation of the law.

Their case has consistently been rebuffed by lower courts.

The legislation took effect in January and sales of the restricted guns were stopped immediately.

  • bloopernova@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Well I would guess most people are only acquainted with the surface details of the issue. Certainly it’s easy to think “guns kill*, let’s have less of that please.” But of course the actual legal details are far more nuanced: The 2nd amendment, definitions of what exactly is a firearm, uppers/lowers/etc. *(I know guns don’t kill, people use them to kill)

    I do wonder if some opposition to the term assault rifle stems from the “not one concession” interpretation of the 2nd amendment? The reaction to its use shuts down a thread or conversation.

    Personally I am anti gun, but unless a new amendment is passed, I don’t see anything changing.