(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court now has requests from plaintiffs to hear multiple cases challenging gun and magazine bans.
Last week, plaintiffs in a case challenging Maryland’s ban on certain semi-automatic firearms filed for writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court. That’s a request for the nation’s high court to hear the challenge.
“The Second Amendment Foundation filed cert petition to the Supreme Court over the Maryland assault weapons ban last week, which has been kicking around longer than the Illinois one,” Second Amendment Foundation founder Alan Gottlieb told The Center Square Monday. “And now we just filed the one on Illinois [Harrell v. Raoul].”
Also Monday, plaintiffs in the case Bevis v. Naperville filed for the U.S. Supreme Court to take their case. The case has already been to the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which said the state has a likelihood of winning on the merits.
Hannah Hill with the National Association for Gun Rights that represents the plaintiffs said this time is different from previous attempts to have the Supreme Court intervene.