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First it was a judge in Effingham County who granted a temporary restraining order against enforcement of the state’s new ban on “assault weapons” and “large capacity” ma...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois appellate court on Tuesday upheld a temporary restraining order on enforcement of the state's three-week-old law banning semiautomatic weapons , enacted largely in response to the mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park.
The state of Illinois has lost a gun regulation appeal in a case filed by gun owners and advocates against a law seeking to control the sale of certain weapons. A county court first slapped a temporary restraining order against the law, which the state had appealed against and eventually lost.
In 2-1 ruling, court says law likely violates equal protection guarantee