Arie Friedman v. City of Highland Park

What the court held

A Highland Park resident challenged the city's ordinance banning possession of semiautomatic "assault weapons" and magazines holding more than ten rounds. The Seventh Circuit upheld the ordinance, asking whether the banned weapons were common at the time of ratification or bear a reasonable relationship to militia efficiency and whether residents retain adequate means of self-defense, and answering that the ban left ample alternatives. Judge Manion dissented, arguing the majority revived United States v. Miller and disregarded Heller's protection of commonly owned arms kept in the home.

Summarized from the court's opinion.

What this case is about

Highland Park, Illinois ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines

GunMapUSA summary of the issue, not a quotation from the court.

Key Dates

• 2015-04-27 — Decided

Sources

• CourtListener — retrieved 2026-08-08