Here's where challenges to Illinois' gun ban cases stand in state and federal court
Illinois’ sweeping new ban remains in effect despite a barrage of legal challenges. The state Supreme Court on Friday upheld the law, rejecting a lawsuit filed by plaintiffs led by Republican state Rep. Dan Caulkins of Decatur that argued the ban violated the Illinois constitution. The law, which was enacted in January in response to the deadly mass shooting at Highland Park’s Fourth of July ...