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With the passage of the gun shop ordinance, Chicago also struck a previous ban on the transfer of ammunition. [97] On January 18, 2017, a federal appeals court ruled that the city's revised gun shop law was unconstitutional. [98] Cook County has banned the possession of certain semi-automatic firearms that it has defined as assault weapons.
Chicago's requirement that all firearms in the city be registered but its refusal of all handgun registrations since 1982, when a citywide handgun ban was passed, made him unable to own a handgun legally. As a result, he joined three other Chicago residents in 2008 in filing a lawsuit that became McDonald v. City of Chicago. [7]
(The Center Square) – Illinois’ gun and magazine ban will stay in effect pending the outcome in the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, the appeals court ruled Thursday. Illinois banned the ...
(The Center Square) – Gun rights advocates aren’t surprised the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued a stay on a district judge’s ruling that the Illinois gun ban was unconstitutional.
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’ sweeping new ban remains in effect despite a barrage of legal challenges. The state Supreme Court on Friday upheld the law, rejecting a lawsuit filed by plaintiffs led by Republican ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — In Illinois, 114,000 people are banned from owning guns because of legal tangles or mental health issues — three-quarters of them haven't surrendered their firearms, according to data the Cook County sheriff will present Thursday.
Chicago has a ban on guns designated as "assault weapons" and laser sights. [ 184 ] [ 185 ] Additionally, under Illinois law, to own a firearm one must possess a firearms owners’ identification (FOID) card , undergo a background check, and wait 72 hours before taking possession of a purchased firearm.