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Illinois State Rifle Association officially files appeal to SCOTUS on assault weapon ban
WCIA Champaign via Yahoo News· 4 months agoSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — The Illinois State Rifle Association is taking their case against the...
Illinois becomes 9th state to ban assault rifles
The Week via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIllinois Gov. JB Pritzker Scott Olson/Getty Images Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed a statewide assault weapons ban on Wednesday, making it the...
NRA sues over Illinois ban on semiautomatic weapons
Associated Press via AOL· 1 year agoIllinois' two-week-old ban on semiautomatic weapons outlaws “ubiquitous” firearms in “radical” defiance of the Constitution's Second Amendment, a federal...
Illinois governor tells NRA to ‘leave us the hell alone’
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIllinois Governor J.B. Pritzker told the National Rifle Association (NRA) in a tweet to “leave us...
Illinois State Rifle Association files federal lawsuit over state’s assault weapons ban
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCHICAGO — Illinois’ flagship gun rights organization on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit alleging the newly signed state law that prohibits high-powered guns and large-capacity ammunition magazines ...
US Supreme Court declines to block Illinois assault rifle ban
Reuters via Yahoo News· 6 months ago(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday again declined to block a Democratic-backed state ban...
Illinois Governor Tells NRA to ‘Leave Us the Hell Alone’ after Deadly Parade Shooting
National Review via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIllinois governor J.B. Pritzker responded to a National Rifle Association tweet by telling the...
Justice Clarence Thomas once opposed Highland Park's assault weapons ban, saying that the...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHighland Park, Illinois, banned assault rifles nearly a decade before Monday's mass shooting. The...
Don’t look to Chicago; NC has its own gun problem
The Fayetteville Observer via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“Gun violence is not our normal, and it never will be." - Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton of Illinois Last July 4th, a crazed gunman used a semi-automatic...
Crowd marches in Springfield for annual gun owner lobby day
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn its first lobby day since the passage of the assault-style weapons ban, Illinois gun rights...