Illinois Gun Ban

The order striking down Illinois' gun ban was stayed for 30 days, giving the state time to file an appeal before it takes effect

A firearms expert testified Wednesday that the weapons restricted under Illinois’ assault weapons ban include many of the most common firearms that American consumers use for self-defense

The trial before Judge Stephen McGlynn involves numerous plaintiffs – gun store owners, gun rights advocacy groups, and private individuals – who argue the Illinois law violates the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Justice Samuel Alito disagreed with the high court’s decision not to hear a challenge to the Illinois gun ban in the fall, and Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in a statement that he hopes to take up the case after lower courts reach a final judgment

In a long-expected move, national gun rights organizations are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Illinois’ gun ban.

The Illinois Supreme Court has again denied a request from a Republican lawmaker seeking to repeal the state’s gun ban.

According to data maintained by Illinois State Police, just under 30,000 individuals had filed registration forms ahead of the Jan. 1 deadline. Those registrations covered roughly 69,000 firearms that fall under the ban as well as nearly 43,000 accessories.

A southern Illinois federal judge officially declined to issue an injunction to delay the Jan. 1 registration requirement under the state’s assault weapons ban. U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn issued the 34-page order on Friday.

The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to put on hold a new Illinois law that would ban high-powered guns like the one used in the mass killing of seven people at a 2022 parade in Highland Park. The law takes effect Jan. 1.

Firearm owners in Illinois will have to wait at least another month before knowing exactly what items they must register with the Illinois State Police under the state’s assault weapons ban, even as the deadline for submitting those registrations is less than three weeks away.

Gun owners face a Jan. 1 deadline to register their assault weapons with the state under Illinois’ assault weapons law.

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Gun rights advocacy groups say they intend to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the state’s assault weapons ban after a federal appeals court on Friday refused to block enforcement of the law.

In a 2-1 ruling Friday, a federal appeals court ruled that Illinois’ gun ban does not violate the U.S. Constitution, setting up a likely appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

According to data maintained by Illinois State Police, there are more than 2.4 million Firearm Owner Identification card holders in Illinois, although not all of them own firearms covered by the gun ban. As of Thursday, only 2,430 individuals had submitted registrations.

When lawmakers return to the Capitol next week for their annual fall veto session, they have a full agenda, including a handful of vetoes from Gov. JB Pritzker to consider overriding, in addition to deciding whether to revive a private school scholarship program

As of Wednesday, according to Illinois State Police, 1,050 individuals had completed disclosures through online gun registrations. Those included disclosures of 2,060 firearms, 1,125 accessories and 17 ammunition supplies.

A new law in Illinois restricts the way gun dealers and manufacturers can market and sell their products and subjects them to civil penalties for violations.

DeKalb County Sheriff Andy Sullivan said Friday he plans to enforce a statewide ban on semiautomatic weapons, reversing a declaration he made in January alongside sheriffs statewide that alleged the law was unconstitutional and wouldn’t be followed.

“It will negatively affect our business, and every law-abiding gun owner in the state of Illinois,” Bert Irslinger, owner of Second Amendment Sports in McHenry, said.

The Illinois Supreme Court upheld a statewide gun ban on Friday in a win for proponents of stricter laws over the types of semi-automatic weapons that have been used in mass shootings across the country.

In a case that is being closely watched throughout the country the judges on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals are being asked to decide whether Illinois’ recently enacted gun ban violates the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms.

The Supreme Court says that Illinois can, for now, keep in place a new law that bars the sale of certain guns and large-capacity magazines

The Illinois Supreme Court is now deciding whether the state’s recently enacted gun ban violates certain provisions of the Illinois Constitution.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who hears applications from the Seventh Circuit, could decide on her own whether to issue an emergency injunction or she could refer the question to the full court for consideration.

The Illinois gun ban that Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law in January is back in force after a federal appeals court on Thursday blocked a temporary injunction that a lower court judge in East St. Louis issued on April 28.

A federal judge in East St. Louis issued an order Friday blocking enforcement of Illinois’ ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines until a lawsuit challenging the law is resolved.

A federal judge in Chicago this week denied a request to block enforcement of both state and local bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, saying it is unlikely that the law will be found unconstitutional.

Two newly-elected justices of the Illinois Supreme Court have declined to recuse themselves from a case challenging the state’s recently passed ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. The court as a whole also issued an unsigned order declining to disqualify them.

The Illinois Supreme Court agreed this week to fast-track the state’s appeal of a Macon County judge’s ruling against parts of a recently passed state ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.

During an at-times contentious meeting filled with public comment and back-and-forth questions about civil liberties, safety and morality, the McHenry County Board passed a resolution opposing Illinois’ recent gun ban.

McHenry County Board discusses a proposed resolution opposing the Illinois gun ban and supporting its repeal in the Illinois State Legislature at its meeting Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023.

Before the vote was taken, Bureau County State’s Attorney Tom Briddick addressed the board regarding the role his office will play moving forward and what approval of the resolution might mean in regards to the county’s potential liability, should an issue arise.

Sheriffs across the state have pledged not to enforce the new and hotly-disputed Illinois gun ban, but police chiefs in the Illinois Valley aren’t necessarily siding with the sheriffs.

Gun owners throughout the Illinois Valley have expressed support for the state’s ban on certain high-powered weapons, citing mass shootings, harm to children and dangerous weaponry as key factors.

Nearly 40 residents spoke Tuesday at the McHenry County Law and Government Committee meeting about a resolution denouncing the new gun ban in Illinois

A temporary restraining order will remain in place blocking enforcement of Illinois’ new ban on high-powered semi-automatic weapons for a group of plaintiffs who filed suit earlier this week in Effingham County following a ruling from the Fifth District Appellate Court in Mt. Ver

The lawsuit, filed by State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally, calls the new law a “clear violation of the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution."

A McHenry County gun shop is part of a group seeking to put a temporary halt to the new Illinois gun ban, the latest step in a federal lawsuit filed last week by the group challenging the law’s constitutionality.

Illinois’ two-week-old gun ban outlaws “ubiquitous” firearms in “radical” defiance of the Constitution’s Second Amendment, a federal lawsuit filed by the National Rifle Association claims.

A resolution to make McHenry County a gun sanctuary was submitted by the Republican Party of McHenry County, but that may not be what is considered at the County Board's Jan. 31 committee meeting.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office confirmed Monday that it had filed a petition in the 5th District Appellate Court in southern Illinois asking the court to vacate the temporary restraining order against the state's recently-passed gun ban.

State lawmakers issued the ban in response to gun violence and mass shootings such as the July 4th parade massacre in Highland Park last year, which left seven people dead and 36 injured.

A downstate judge has granted a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of Illinois’ new ban on high-powered semi-automatic weapons for a group of plaintiffs who filed suit earlier this week in Effingham County.

After his second-term inauguration amid a frenzied “lame duck” legislative session last week, Gov. JB Pritzker took the global stage this week at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

A McHenry County gun shop is among a group of plaintiffs challenging the constitutionality of Illinois’ ban on high-powered semiautomatic weapons and large capacity magazines that took effect last week.

Nearly 20 residents spoke for or against making McHenry County a gun sanctuary at the County Board meeting on Tuesday night.

A trio of gun owners and a firearms retailer in southeastern Illinois have filed the first two lawsuits in what’s expected to be a flurry of litigation against the state’s new law banning the sale and manufacture of high-powered semiautomatic weapons in Illinois.

DeKalb County Board Chair Suzanne Willis said she’s “dismayed” by Sheriff Andy Sullivan’s decision to not enforce Illinois’ new gun law which requires owners of semiautomatic weapons to register them with the state by 2024.

The La Salle County Board denounced the Protect Illinois Communities Act – the hotly-disputed ban on some firearms – and La Salle County’s state’s attorney said he won’t enforce it.