Gun Rights Advocates Seek High Court Review, Citing Bruen Decision and Unconstitutionality of Popular Firearms Ban

The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), along with its partners, has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, urging it to review the case of Viramontes v. Cook County. This legal challenge targets Cook County, Illinois’s ban on so-called “assault weapons,” a measure that SAF argues infringes upon the Second Amendment rights of its residents.

The case, originally filed in 2021, was put on hold after the Supreme Court’s landmark 2022 decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, which established a new standard for evaluating gun control laws based on historical tradition.

Following the Bruen ruling, the Illinois legislature passed a nearly identi

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