U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to assault weapon ban

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge by gun rights activists to an ordinance enacted by a Chicago suburb that bans assault weapons and large-capacity magazines. Two of the court's conservatives members, Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia, said the court should have taken the case. Thomas wrote a six-page dissent in which he said that in the wake of recent pro-gun rights rulings by the conservative-leaning high court, several lower courts "have upheld categorical bans on firearms that millions of Americans commonly own for lawful purposes." The Highland Park regulation bans various semi-automatic weapons, including well-known guns such as the AR-15 and AK-47, in addition to any magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds of bullets.
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