The NRA has sued to get the Illinois semiautomatic weapons ban tossed.
, where 30 were also injured.
The NRA pleading notes that the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 2008 Heller decision refuses to let stand any restriction on"weapons that are in common use" today unless - another ruling last summer found - there is evidence of an"enduring American tradition" of restriction. The 24 million AR-15 semiautomatic rifles in U.S. circulation far outnumber the 16 million Ford F-150 trucks, the nation's top-selling vehicle, according to the lawsuit.
Other lawsuits, filed in southern Illinois county courts, challenge the legislative procedure to approve the law.s about its constitutionality and"venue shopping" by gun rights advocates trying to roll back some of the most aggressive firearm laws in the country., a conservative part of Illinois, temporarily blocked the law amid claims it violates the state constitution.
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