The 7th Circuit federal court of appeals will hear a case against a local ban on some common rifles, handguns, shotguns, and magazines. The city of Highland Park, notorious for its anti-second amendment laws, passed an ordinance that requires residents to turn in, modify or remove the banned items from the city. Ordinance 136(pdf) deals with “Assault Weapons”. The ordinance includes very broad boilerplate language. Some claim that the ordinance was lifted from the City of Chicago.The definitions are broad and cover most semi-automatic rifles, and a fair number of pistols and shotguns. …read more

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