By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear a challenge to the legality of state restrictions on assault-style rifles, giving the justices another chance to expand gun rights in a case that involves a type of weapon often associated with mass shootings.

The U.S. Supreme Court indicated Tuesday it would hear arguments possibly later this year over Cook County’s ban on so-called assault weapons and a similar law in Connecticut, a precursor to what coul...

Revisions to Connecticut gun laws were a direct response to the mass shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school in 2012, where 20 children and six teachers were killed by a gunman using an AR-15 style w...