First Illinois assault weapon ban lawsuit filed challenging legality of new gun law

Gun rights advocates file opening legal challenges to Illinois’ assault weapons ban

A trio of gun owners and a firearms retailer in southeastern Illinois have filed the first two lawsuits in what’s expected to be a flurry of litigation against the state’s new law banning the sale and manufacture of assault weapons in Illinois.

Illinois State Rifle Association, gun stores file federal lawsuit challenging assault weapons ban

The Illinois State Rifle Association has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s newly enacted assault weapons ban, saying the week-old law violates the Second Amendment “right of the people to keep and bear arms.”

DeVore files lawsuit challenging constitutionality of assault weapon ban

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) – The first legal challenges about the state’s new assault weapons ban are officially on the books. One week after Governor Pritzker signed the law, two lawsuits were filed in southern Illinois. Now judges will soon start to hear arguments that the law violates the Second Amendment.     Tom DeVore, the 2022 Republican […]

Illinois State Rifle Association Files Lawsuit Challenging Assault Weapons Ban in Federal Court

The Illinois State Rifle Association and other pro-2nd Amendment groups on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit claiming the ban “infringes on the rights of law-abiding citizens” to possess such firearms and extended magazines “for the defense of self and family and other lawful purposes.”

Legal challenges begin over Illinois' new firearms ban

By Shawna Mizelle and Michelle Watson, CNN Multiple lawsuits have been filed in Illinois challenging recently enacted gun legislation that bans certain firearms and high-capacity magazines in the state. The law, signed by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker last week, caps the sale of high-capacity ammunition magazines, bans “switches” that allow handguns to fire rounds automatically

Legal challenges begin over Illinois' new firearms ban

Multiple lawsuits have been filed in Illinois challenging recently enacted gun legislation that bans certain firearms and high-capacity magazines in the state.