US EditionSupreme Court denies challenge to Illinois public transport gun ban
The justices declined to review a challenge from three concealed-carry holders, keeping Illinois’ transit firearm ban in force.
- On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a legal challenge to an Illinois law, leaving intact the state's 2013 prohibition on firearms aboard buses and trains.
- A three-judge U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals panel previously overturned a 2024 ruling by District Judge Iain Johnston, who had found the concealed carry provision unconstitutional.
- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul argued the ban aligns with historical traditions of limiting firearms in sensitive places, citing the Supreme Court's 2022 Bruen decision as justification.
- Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke's office applauded the decision, while Illinois State Rifle Association lawyer David Sigale expressed disappointment with the outcome.
- The case remains among several ongoing legal challenges to Illinois gun laws, and the ISRA has indicated it will continue contesting such prohibitions in court.
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The Daily SignalSCOTUS Decides Challenge To Public Transit Gun Ban
By Andrew Rice via The Daily Signal | April 06, 2026 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to decide whether individuals can carry firearms on public transportation. The court declined to take up Schoenthal v. Raoul, which challenges an Illinois law banning citizens from carrying firearms on public transportation. Three Illinois residents challenged the ban, arguing it violates the Second and 14th Amendment rights.“There is no historical tra…
Supreme Court Deals Blow To Second Amendment, Declines To Hear Challenge Against Carry Ban In Blue State
The Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge against an Illinois law that bans citizens from carrying concealed loaded guns on public transit. The state has prohibited firearms on buses and trains for over a decade, theChicago Sun-Timesnoted. "Three Illinois residents challenged the ban, arguing it violates the Second and ...
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Illinois Ban on Carrying Guns on Public Transit
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 6 rejected a group of Illinois residents’ challenge to a state law banning firearms on public transportation. The justices denied the petition in Schoenthal v. Raoul in an unsigned order. The court did not explain its decision. No justices dissented. The challengers cited the Supreme Court’s landmark 2022 decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen. In that case, the court found New York’s res…
NEWS HEADLINES: Supreme Court Deals Blow To Second Amendment, Declines To Hear Challenge Against Carry Ban In Blue State * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Danielle
The Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge against an Illinois law that bans citizens from carrying concealed loaded guns on public transit. The state has prohibited firearms on buses and trains for over a decade, the Chicago Sun-Times noted. “Three Illinois residents challenged the ban, arguing it violates the Second and 14th Amendment rights,” The Center Square reports. “There is no historical tradition of banning law-abiding citizens from…
SCOTUS won’t hear challenge to IL transit gun carry ban – Legal Newsline
In the ruling, the unanimous panel said Illinois is allowed to ban people from carrying loaded, unsecured weapons on trains and buses and in stations, bus stops and "adjacent parking areas," because firearms are particularly dangerous in such crowded and confined public environments
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