Appeals Court Allows Illinois Assault Weapons Ban To Remain In Place
(East St. Louis, IL) — A downstate federal judge’s ruling against Illinois” assault weapons ban is being put on hold. A federal appeals court in Chicago ruled yesterday that the ban can stay in place while the state contests last month’s ruling by U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn, who found that the statewide ban violates the Second Amendment. It is the second time the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that the law can remain on the books as Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office battles several gun rights groups over the legality of the weapons ban. Governor Pritzker signed the law in response to the deadly Fourth of July shooting in Highland Park in 2022.
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