Gun rights groups are asking a federal appeals court to overturn Illinois’ assault weapons ban, setting up a possible Supreme ...

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 ...

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 ...

9 (UPI) --A federal judge in Illinois has ruled the state's blanket ban on assault weapons is unconstitutional ... The ...

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

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 ...

WASHINGTON — A closely divided Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a 2nd Amendment challenge to the bans on semiautomatic ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...