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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.
New gun laws in 2025: Here's what to know about firearms laws rolling out in multiple states on Jan. 1 Criminal justice: New laws in effect Jan. 1, 2025 in states like California, Illinois New gun ...
Similar to legislation passed in California, New York, Delaware and New Jersey, Colorado's new law would make it easier for victims of gun violence to file civil suits partly around how companies ...
(The Center Square) – With just hours before the end of the 103rd General Assembly, the Illinois Senate has approved a measure requiring police to confiscate firearms from subjects of an order ...
No state law prohibiting sale or possession of Semi-automatic firearms, but with the repeal of Colorado's statewide firearm preemption law in 2021, local restrictions or prohibitions on semi-automatic may exist. Denver ordinance bans "assault weapons" (Most semi-auto rifles with more than 21 round magazines). Vail banned "assault weapons" in ...
After two deadly mass shootings in May 2022—the shooting at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York and the Uvalde school shooting—the Democratic-majority House (on a near party-line vote) passed a package of gun-control bills, including a safe storage bill and bills to increase in the minimum age to buy semi-automatic rifles to 21, ban ...
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 ...
A gun owner can be charged with a crime if a minor under the age of 14 gains access to their firearm when it is unsecured (i.e. not locked in a box or secured with a trigger lock) and causes death or great bodily harm. [53] Under a law passed on January 10, 2023, Illinois has defined certain firearms as assault weapons. It is illegal to ...