Gun ban judge: What if Black victims of historic race riots had such weapons

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Gun ban judge: What if Black victims of historic race riots had such weapons

(The Center Square) – The federal judge overseeing the challenge to Illinois’ gun and magazine ban questioned what would have happened if Black victims of the East St. Louis race riot of 1917 had such firearms. Before Judge Stephen McGlynn is the question of whether Illinois’ Protect Illinois Communities Act, which bans the sale and possession of more than 170 semi-automatic firearms and magazines over certain capacities, is unconstitutional. Th…