Should assault rifles be banned in Indiana?

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Less than one week after the San Bernardino mass shooting, the Supreme Court refused to revisit a Second Amendment challenge.

Gun owners living in Highland Park, Illinois, wanted a 2013 ban on semi-automatic assault weapons and large capacity magazines lifted.

Judge Frank Easterbrook said there is a “substantial benefit” to the ordinance if it makes the public feel less at risk from a mass shooting.

Indianapolis gun shop owner Brian Ludlow believes weapons aren’t problem.

“If you put any gun in the wrong hands it can be scary,” said Ludlow, owner of Indy Trading Post.

Ludlow said his shop has sold thousands of AR-15s and AK-47s since opening up six and a half years ago. In 2015, he said more than 300 of them were purchased.

“A lot of people are intimidated by the look and feel of them. It gives people the sense they can handle something similar to what our military has,” said Alysia Quick with Indy Trading Post.

According to the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, seven other states and the District of Columbia have enacted laws banning assault weapons. Indiana is not one of them.