美国最高法院周三拒绝阻止伊利诺伊州的攻击性武器禁令随着法律挑战的继续,美国正在努力应对大规模枪击和枪支暴力的激增,枪支安全倡导者取得了胜利。
单页订单没有明显的异议。
2022年高地公园枪击案发生后,一名持枪者手持AR-15和30发子弹,造成7人死亡,48人受伤,该州和几个城市颁布了新的限制措施,禁止销售、购买、制造、交付或进口突击式枪支和大容量弹匣。
这些法律立即引起了该州枪支拥有者和枪支商店的法律质疑。
2022年1月26日,DC华盛顿州,美国最高法院大楼。
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与此同时,下级法院拒绝阻止该法律的实施。该案件将在未来几个月由第七巡回上诉法院审理。
枪支权利倡导者表示,他们的案件“极其简单”,伊利诺伊州的法律违反了最高法院去年在纽约州步枪和手枪协会诉布鲁恩案中规定的标准下的第二修正案。他们说,原告希望保持和携带武器的合法目的-保卫自己的家园-并没有建国时代的先例,以禁止整个类别的武器。
该州称其法律是否违宪还远未明朗。他们认为,在该法律颁布之前拥有攻击性武器的枪支所有者可以继续合法持有,但必须向州警方提交一份宣誓书,证明之前的购买行为。
Supreme Court declines to block Illinois' assault weapons ban
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday has declined to blockIllinois' assault weapons banfrom being enforced as a legal challenge continues, handing a win to gun safety advocates at a time when the nation is grappling with a surge of mass shootings and gun violence.
The single page order had no noted dissents.
After the 2022 Highland Park shooting, in which a gunman armed with an AR-15 and 30-round magazines killed seven people and wounded 48, the state and several cities enacted new restrictions against the sale, purchase, manufacture, delivery or importation of assault-style firearms and high-capacity magazines.
The laws immediately drew a legal challenge from gun owners and gun shops in the state.
Lower courts had declined to block enforcement of the law in the meantime. The case is set to be heard by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in the coming months.
The gun rights advocates say theirs is an "exceedingly simple case" and that the Illinois laws violate the Second Amendment under the Supreme Court's standard set forth last year in New York State Rifle and Pistol Assn v. Bruen. They say the plaintiffs want to keep and bear arms for a lawful purpose -- defense of their home -- and that there is no founding era precedent to ban an entire category of arms.
The state says it's far from clear that its laws are unconstitutional. They argue that gun owners who possessed assault weapons prior to the law can continue to do so lawfully, but must submit an affidavit to State Police attesting to prior purchase.