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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Andy Grimm

Naperville, state of Illinois urge U.S. Supreme Court not to block ban on assault-style weapons

Robert Bevis, owner of Law Weapons and Supply in Naperville, holding an AR15 rifle. Bevis has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn lower court rulings that upheld an assault weapons ban adopted by Naperville in 2022. (Rich Hein / Sun-Times)

Attorneys for Naperville and the state of Illinois urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday not to block local and state laws banning the sale of assault-style weapons.

Robert Bevis, a gun shop owner in Naperville, has challenged a town ordinance and a state law ending the sale of the weapons, arguing that they violate the Second Amendment.

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