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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.
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.
As of Thursday, only 2,430 individuals had completed a disclosure according to ISP data. The registry is open until Jan. 1, 2024.
Gun laws in Illinois regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition in the state of Illinois in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] To legally possess firearms or ammunition, Illinois residents must have a Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card , which is issued by the Illinois State Police on a shall-issue basis.
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.
Illinois Route 161 runs through the village, leading east 7 miles (11 km) to Centralia and west 11 miles (18 km) to Bartelso. Carlyle, the Clinton County seat, is 11 miles (18 km) to the northwest. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Hoffman has a total area of 0.51 square miles (1.32 km 2), all land. [4]
(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 ...
Elmer Joseph Hoffman (July 7, 1899 – June 25, 1976) was an American businessman, law enforcement officer, politician, and World War I veteran who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1959 to 1965.