The Justice Department informed the Supreme Court Wednesday that it wished to take part in oral arguments regarding a major Second Amendment case. The high court agreed on June 30 to hear Viramontes v. Cook County, a Second Amendment challenge to the Illinois locality’s ban on modern semiautomatic firearms, receiving dozens of briefs as of Friday. In the motion, Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked for ten minutes to address the court. “Counsel…