(Legal Newsline) — Organizations representing thousands of sheriffs across the U.S. are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down so-called "assault weapon" bans in Cook County and throughout the country.
On Aug. 31, the National Sheriffs Association, together with the Western States Sheriffs Association, filed a brief with the high court, siding with Second Amendment rights advocates and gun owners in their fight to roll back efforts by Illinois and other Democrat-dominated states and local governments seeking to ban the sale and possession of a long lists of popular semiautomatic firearms.
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