Gun rights advocates asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to block the Illinois assault weapons bans.
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Gun rights advocates asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to block the Illinois assault weapons bans.
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Gun rights advocates ask Supreme Court to block Illinois assault weapons bans

Challengers of state and local bans on assault weapons in Illinois asked Justice Amy Coney Barrett and the Supreme Court on Monday to block the bans, saying that courts are ignoring last year's ruling that expanded Second Amendment rights.