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In January, Gov. JB Pritzker signed an Illinois assault weapons ban into law making it illegal to possess or distribute assault weapons and high capacity magazines in the state. Now, four months later, the plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the ban have appealed rulings allowing the bill to stand in the Supreme Court where it...
The federal appeals court in Chicago has scheduled a hearing for late June on two cases that challenge the state’s ban on assault-style weapons.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett is reviewing an emergency request to block an Illinois and Chicago suburb’s ban on the sale of semi-automatic rifles and high capacity magazines.
The appeals court has refused to stop the law from being enforced while it considers the cases. But that could change.
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A group of Republican state lawmakers say a lack of guidance from the Illinois attorney general’s office after a federal judge put a hold hold on the state's gun ban has left some residents in legal jeopardy.