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Attorney General Kwame Raoul is asking an appellate court to vacate a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of the state’s recently-passed assault weapons ban for some.

Republican state Rep. Dan Caulkins says he's collecting names from gun owners and firearms dealers who want to challenge the ban. A judge last week issued a temporary restraining order, but that only applied to about 860 plaintiffs in the case.

Multiple county sheriffs across the state have said they won’t enforce it. On Friday, a circuit court judge in downstate Effingham County issued a temporary restraining order blocking the new law — although that ruling only applies to the 850 plaintiffs and four licensed gun dealers named in the case.

Judge found fault with often-used legislative shortcuts

State Rep. Dan Caulkins, R-Decatur, confirmed that he and a group of gun owners and dealers are planing to file a lawsuit in Macon County challenging the states ban.

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Republican state Rep. Dan Caulkins says he's collecting names from gun owners and firearms dealers who want to challenge the ban. A judge last week issued a temporary restraining order, but that only applied to about 860 plaintiffs in the case.

Judge found fault with often-used legislative shortcuts

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other proponents of the law vowed to fight a judge's temporary restraining order on appeal.