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With the passage of the gun shop ordinance, Chicago also struck a previous ban on the transfer of ammunition. [98] On January 18, 2017, a federal appeals court ruled that the city's revised gun shop law was unconstitutional. [99] Cook County has banned the possession of certain semi-automatic firearms that it has defined as assault weapons.
Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition.State laws (and the laws of the District of Columbia and of the U.S. territories) vary considerably, and are independent of existing federal firearms laws, although they are sometimes broader or more limited in scope than the federal laws.
The bill was endorsed by President Joe Biden [17] and by gun-control advocacy groups such as Everytown for Gun Safety. [ 11 ] Newsweek journalist Jake Thomas praised the law, while also stating that it was weaker than the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban due to its lack of bans on "so-called assault weapons", [ 18 ] that being AR platform ...
4. Gun Barrel City, Texas. Gun Barrel got its fitting name as a safe haven for outlaws like Bonnie and Clyde during the Prohibition era. The city's motto is "We shoot straight with you." 5. Virgin ...
Eggs, gym memberships and pets focus of new laws in these states. Illinois is enacting a law to make it easier for residents to cancel their memberships. House Bill 4911 passed in the summer and ...
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the “Protect Illinois Communities Act” into law Tuesday. Here’s what gun owners in the state need to know.
Under the new law, someone convicted of a violent crime against someone with whom they currently are, or previously were, in a dating relationship, is barred from having firearms. [10] The length, nature, and types of interactions of the relationship are used to determine whether it is a dating relationship for the purposes of the Act. [ 10 ]
Guns Save Life brought the case against the state, saying the law violates the Second Amendment. The Sangamon County court sided with the state. A three-judge panel of the Illinois Fourth District ...