U.S. Supreme Court refuses to block assault weapons ban as full legal challenges progress

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Because of that, the group said this week it is now preparing to ask the Supreme Court for a full review of the law.
50% : The association filed its request Nov. 29 while it was waiting for the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to decide whether it would reconsider its earlier decision upholding the law as constitutional.
48% : Speaking to reporters Thursday at an unrelated event in Springfield, Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who signed the law in January, said he still believes it is constitutional.
46% : "I still believe that -- as everybody that voted on the law and voted for it -- that this is not only a legal undertaking and an appropriate undertaking to keep and safeguard the people of the state of Illinois, but a constitutional one too," he said.
45% : SPRINGFIELD -- The U.S. Supreme Court issued two orders this week turning down requests to block enforcement of Illinois' assault-weapons ban while challenges to the law are still being heard in lower courts.
45% : On Wednesday, Justice Amy Coney Barrett turned down a request from state Rep. Dan Caulkins, R-Decatur, and other gun-rights advocates who lost their challenge to the law earlier this year at the Illinois Supreme Court.

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