The legal battle over "assault weapons" bans is inching closer to the U.S. Supreme Court, as the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) filed a reply brief on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, pressing the ...

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 ...

ILLINOIS, USA — 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

FILE - An AR-15 style rifle is fired, at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), National Services Center, Thursday, March 2, 2023, in Martinsburg, W.Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon ...

Challenges to Illinois’ assault-style weapons ban continue to make their way through federal courts. Challenges to Illinois’ assault-style weapons ban continue to make their way through federal courts ...