Supreme Court ducks ruling on whether AR-15s are protected by Second Amendment
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The Supreme Court said Tuesday it was declining, for now, to hear challenges against an Illinois ban on assault weapons -- cases that have quickly turned into a major test of the legality of the popular AR-15 rifle.