CHICAGO (WLS) -- A downstate judge has entered a new ruling against Illinois' assault weapons ban. A judge in Macon County struck down the law, finding that it violates the equal protection and ...

A top Trump Justice Department official argued in court against Illinois' assault weapons ban. Harmeet Dhillon, head of the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, said she believes the ban violates the Second ...

Two national gun rights organizations are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Cook County’s ban on assault-style weapons in hopes that such a decision would overturn similar bans nationally, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) – A bill that would ...

President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has been allowed to insert itself into a federal appellate court case over Illinois’ ban on certain high-powered guns and high-capacity magazines, with ...

CHICAGO — President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has been allowed to insert itself into a federal appellate court case over Illinois’ ban on certain high-powered guns and high-capacity ...

The court said it could be enforced while legal challenges continue. The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday has declined to block Illinois' assault weapons ban from being enforced as a legal challenge ...

U.S. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon is challenging a signature accomplishment of Gov. JB Pritzker’s and getting involved in a case that could go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The ...