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The solo driver, a concealed carry permit holder, acted in self-defense. He retrieved his legally concealed firearm and fired several shots, striking the male passenger.
The court denounced “those who seek to usher in a sort of post-Constitution era where the citizens’ individual rights are only as important as they are convenient to a ruling class..”
Concerning was Trump appointee Judge Amy St. Eve’s line of questioning, which suggested she might not fully grasp the basics of the second amendment case.
Federal District Judge Stephen P. McGlynn has ordered a permanent injunction against enforcement of the Illinois “assault weapon” and magazine ban on November 8, 2024. The order will probably be appealed to the Seventh Circuit.
As if gun rights activists have not had enough winning for one week, with the landslide Trump election win. Now, a major victory for gun rights advocates has unfolded in Illinois…
On September 16, 2024, in what is known as the Barnett v. Raoul case, which is a bench trial challenging the Illinois gun and magazine bans.
Suppressors are neither “dangerous” nor “unusual,” a standard set by the Court for determining whether an item can be banned. There are over three million legally registered suppressors in the United States…
During closing statements, Judge McGlynn invoked the 1917 East St. Louis race riots, where more than 30 Black individuals were killed. “How would that have been different if the Black victims had such firearms?”
A Federal District Judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against individual police officers for willful actions to deprive an Illinois man of his Second Amendment rights.
The trial of multiple consolidated cases begins next week in the cases challenging Illinois’s unconstitutional ban on common semi-automatic firearms, magazines, and gun parts…
Self-defense has to take place wherever a person happens to be, and Chicago’s public transit is far from a gun-free or crime-free zone.
Gun rights advocates hailed the ruling as a victory for lawful gun owners. On the other hand, Illinois officials, including Governor J.B. Pritzker, expressed disappointment.
A federal judge ruled that Illinois’s ban on carrying firearms in public transportation violates Second Amendment protections.
Franklin unlawfully entered the apartment and immediately attacked a male guest. The guest, who holds a valid concealed carry license, retrieved a handgun and fired one shot, hitting Franklin in the chest.
Justice Thomas concluded Illinois’ bans are “highly suspect,” finding it “difficult to see how the Seventh Circuit could have concluded that the most widely owned semiautomatic rifles are not ‘Arms’ protected by the Second Amendment.”
Does the 2nd Amendment permits the government to ban the best-selling rifles in America erroneously labeled as ‘assault weapons.’ We maintain the answer to that clearly is no.
Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of a petition for writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court in Harrel v. Raoul, its lawsuit challenging Illinois’ ban on numerous firearm magazines and so-called “assault weapons.”
One would think that Chicago would at least go through the motions of trying to appear to take the job of criminal justice seriously…
A Federal District Court Judge in the Southern District of Illinois denied a preliminary injunction against the state’s new “assault weapons” ban that took effect on January 1st.
It’s fair to ask how in anyone’s universe such conduct would not be grounds for removal from the court, disbarment from the practice of law, and criminal prosecution.
Just because the appellate panel apparently disagrees with the Supreme Court on the 2nd Amendment, …they cannot simply reject the high court’s rulings.
The Seventh Circuit set about contending that the AR-15 falls outside the definition of “bearable arms” discussed and protected in Heller…
The new law contains ambiguous provisions designed to eliminate the safeguards provided by the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act & inflict serious financial harm on the firearms industry.
The flawed logic of this unconstitutional law is 2nd only to the contempt Governor Pritzker holds for the Constitutionally-protected right of the citizens of his state to keep and bear arms.
Illinois gun buyers who started to purchase guns during the window between the injunction & the stay are now in limbo, unsure they can complete their transactions.
Since the Supreme Court clarified the procedure to follow in Second Amendment cases, several cities and states have defied the Court. In Illinois, the City of Napierville issued a ban on the sale of some semi-automatic rifles. Judge Barret has asked for more information about the case.
Pending demise of a long-running public policy fraud that falsely depicts semi-automatic rifles as good for nothing but mass murder.
Any ban on so-called ‘Assault Weapons’ is plainly unconstitutional, and now it is on the city of Naperville to explain the legal justification for their ban. Of course, there isn’t any….
First, it was Connecticut. Then New York, then California. Now Illinois wants to BAN its citizens from owning common self-defense Body Armor.
What appears to have been a blatant effort by Illinois to go “judge shopping” on federal lawsuits challenging the new state law banning so-called “assault weapons” has backfired.
