One week after the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would consider whether there is a Constitutional right to possess assault weapons — by taking up a challenge to Cook County's assault weapons ban — the federal appeals court in Chicago sided Thursday with Gov. JB Pritzker on the validity of Illinois' statewide ban. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that Illinois' ban on AR-15s and 30-round rifle magazines "are consistent with the principles that underpin our nation's tradition of firea