SCOTUS Opts Not to Intervene as ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban Challenge Moves Through Judicial Process

The Supreme Court of the United States announced Wednesday it has chosen not to intervene against the Naperville “assault weapons” ban, but instead will let the judicial process run its normal course.

SCOTUS’s decision not to issue a stay at this stage is standard operating procedure.

On May 2, Breitbart News reported that an emergency application was filed with Justice Barrett by gun store owner Robert Bevis and the National Association of Gun Rights. They are asking that the court intervene and issue an injunction against two separate “assault weapons” bans in Illinois pending appellate review.

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The application explained that the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division decided against Bevis and the gun rights group on February 17, 2023.

Barrett responded by giving Illinois and Naperville until Monday, May 8, to respond to the injunction request.

Both Illinois and Naperville responded by asking SCOTUS to reject the injunction request and allow the “assault weapons” bans to run their course through the judicial process, the Chicago Tribune noted.

SCOTUS’s decision not to issue a stay allows the judicial process to continue.

The application is Bevis v. Naperville and the State of Illinois, No. 22A948, in the Supreme Court of the United States.

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AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and he holds a Ph.D. in Military History, with a focus on the Vietnam War (brown water navy), U.S. Navy since Inception, the Civil War, and Early Modern Europe. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com.