Supreme Court justices reject challenge to local assault weapons ban
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from gun owners who challenged a Chicago suburb's ban on assault weapons.
The justices on Monday refused to hear the case of a Highland Park, Illinois, pediatrician who objected to the city's 2013 ban on semi-automatic weapons and large-capacity magazines.
The federal appeals court in Chicago upheld the Highland Park law, ruling that local governments have leeway in deciding how to regulate firearms.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}In October, the federal appeals court in New York largely upheld similar laws in Connecticut and New York, among a handful of states that ban semi-automatic weapons.
The Supreme Court has repeatedly turned away challenges to gun restrictions since two landmark decisions that spelled out the right to a handgun to defend one's own home.