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The Guardian - US
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Michael Sainato

US supreme court refuses to overturn Illinois assault weapons ban

folding chairs and children's bicycles behind police tape on a sidewalk
Chairs and bicycles left behind after people fled the scene of a mass shooting at a Fourth of July celebration and parade in Highland Park, Illinois, in 2022. Photograph: Tannen Maury/EPA

The US supreme court has refused to overturn an Illinois ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition, which was passed following the deadly mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, in 2022.

The court rejected the request, made by a gun shop and a national gun rights group in an appeal of a lower court’s decision not to allow a preliminary injunction to block the law.

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