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(The Center Square) – Whether Illinois should be enjoined from enforcing the state’s gun and magazine ban starting Monday is now up to a federal appeals court. Illinois enacted the Protect ...
Madigan, ruled that Illinois' concealed carry ban was unconstitutional, and gave the state 180 days to change its laws. [39] Subsequently, the court granted a 30-day extension of the deadline. [ 40 ] On July 9, 2013, Illinois enacted the Firearm Concealed Carry Act, which established a system for the issuing of concealed carry licenses.
The Protect Illinois Communities Act (formally known as Public Act 102–1116) is an assault weapons ban signed into Illinois law on January 10, 2023, by Governor J. B. Pritzker, going into immediate effect. [1] The Act bans the sale and distribution of assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, and switches in Illinois.
The AR-15 is one, they say, given the millions in U.S. households today. But the court noted that the gun's popularity rocketed when the 10-year federal assault-weapon ban expired in 2004.
The legislation, known as the Protect Illinois Communities Act, specifically bans the sale or possession of various models and types of rifles and handguns, including AR-15 rifles, .50-caliber ...
The assault weapons ban tried to address public concern about mass shootings while limiting the impact on recreational firearms use. [15]: 1–2 In November 1993, the ban passed the United States Senate. The author of the ban, Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and other advocates said that it was a weakened version of the original proposal. [16]
The Illinois State Police are facing pushback from gun rights advocates over proposed rules requiring owners of certain firearms to register them before the end of the year.. State police are in ...
Despite assault weapons being banned in Highland Park since 2013 and the shooting taking place with a weapon not legally allowed in the town, the shooting spurred the state of Illinois to introduce an "assault weapons ban" bill which was signed into law on January 10, 2023, expanding Highland Park's ban of assault weapons throughout the state.