A federal judge deemed Illinois' ban on assault weapons unconstitutional Friday, according to multiple outlets, though state Gov. J.B. Pritzker has vowed to appeal the ruling that overturned the ...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office is appealing that decision, arguing that the weapons banned under the law such ...

Gun rights activists have asked the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn Illinois' ban on assault-style weapons and ...

In that ruling, the court said that for firearms ... McGlynn sided with plaintiffs who argued the Illinois assault weapons ban does not fit within the Supreme Court's framework, and who argued ...

In January 2023, both the Illinois House and Senate passed the measure to ban the sale, manufacture, delivery and purchase of assault weapons. Under the law, Illinois residents who already owned ...

The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners are weighing in on a case out of Illinois being considered by the ...

The appeals court ruling upholding the Illinois ban "illustrates why ... In 1994 Congress enacted a nationwide ban on assault weapons, which expired a decade later. Attempts to revive it have ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois’ assault weapons ban will remain in place, at least until a federal appeals court hears full arguments challenging a lower court ruling that found the law ...

Challenges to local and state gun bans in Illinois could be the next case in front of the U.S. Supreme court on the “AR-15 ...

The court needed four votes to hear the case, but only Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Clarence Thomas backed doing so. Multiple states have enacted so-called assault weapons bans, with many ...

Kavanaugh predicted Monday the court will soon consider the question of whether assault weapons bans are unconstitutional, ...

Gun rights advocates once again are asking a federal appeals court in Chicago to overturn Illinois’ ban on assault-style ...