AdvertisementU.S. Appeals Court In Chicago Again Upholds Laws Banning Assault WeaponsAugust 29, 2019Bobby AllynfacebookEmailLocal officials point to a .50-caliber assault weapon during a 2005 news conference in Chicago, a year before Cook County officials enacted an assault weapons ban. The law has been upheld by trial and appeals courts. On Thursday, a federal appeals court again kept the law in place. (AP)