Pritzker: DOJ Attorneys 'Wrongheaded' Siding Against Illinois' 'Unconstitutional' Gun Ban Law

The 15 States Where High-Capacity Magazines Are Outlawed

Early June has been a busy time for gun legislation regarding high-capacity magazines. On June 2, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review challenges to bans on assault-rifles. The refusal upheld lower court rulings in both Rhode Island and Maryland. Both states’ legislation involves a 10-round magazine limit, while Maryland’s laws further ban types of rifles. Similarly, on June 6, the court rejected a petition against Washington DC’s 10-round …

Letter: Lawmakers must face facts, levy gun control | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

We are experiencing another tragic American epidemic in gun violence. Many gun advocates, especially NRA-influenced, far-right lawmakers, point to mental illness as the prime cause for this senseless carnage. To me, that is just a craven and pathetic excuse for dereliction of their duty to protect American citizens by codifying stringent gun laws.

Pritzker: DOJ attorneys 'wrongheaded' siding against Illinois' 'unconstitutional' gun ban law

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — Attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice have sided against Illinois in a ban on more than 170 semi-automatic firearms, such as AR-15 rifles, calling the ban unconstitutional. In 2023, Illinois banned the sale of semi-automatic firearms and high-capacity magazines. A federal judge in the Southern District of Illinois found the state law violated the Second Amendment's right to bear arms, which the state appealed. T…

Pritzker Melts Down Over Trump Administration's Objection to Illinois Semi-Auto Ban

Second Amendment Roundup: U.S. Files Amicus Brief in Illinois Rifle Ban Challenge

The United States has filed an amicus brief in Barnett v. Raoul, the challenge to Illinois' ban on semiautomatic rifles and standard magazines pending in the Seventh Circuit.  This is the first time the Department of Justice has ever argued against such a ban.  It defended the federal ban that was enacted in 1994 and expired in 2004. As the brief recalls, in Bruen (2022) the Supreme Court emphatically reinforced the Heller rule that the Second A…

DOJ Opposes Illinois Gun Ban in Major Court Battle - American Faith

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is backing plaintiffs in a major constitutional challenge to Illinois’ sweeping ban on semi-automatic firearms and high-capacity magazines, asserting the law violates the Second Amendment. A panel of the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals is reviewing the case, which originated in the Southern District of Illinois where a federal judge ruled the 2023 law unconstitutional. Illinois’ ban targets over 170 sem…