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Moore v. Madigan (USDC 11-CV-405-WDS, 11-CV-03134; 7th Cir. 12–1269, 12–1788) is the common name for a pair of cases decided in 2013 by the U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, regarding the constitutionality of the State of Illinois' no-issue legislation and policy regarding the carry of concealed weapons.
The Protect Illinois Communities Act (formally known as Public Act 102–1116) is an assault weapons ban signed into Illinois law on January 10, 2023, by Governor J. B. Pritzker, going into immediate effect. [1] The Act bans the sale and distribution of assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, and switches in Illinois.
Illinois is the ninth state to enact a semi-automatic weapons ban, according to a Jan. 11 press release from the governor’s office. Pritzker signed legislation in May banning the sale and ...
The assault weapons ban tried to address public concern about mass shootings while limiting the impact on recreational firearms use. [15]: 1–2 In November 1993, the ban passed the United States Senate. The author of the ban, Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and other advocates said that it was a weakened version of the original proposal. [16]
The state of Illinois will know a lot more about that after Jan. 1. What's so important about the beginning of 2024? Under Gov. J.B. Pritzker's new and comprehensive gun-ban law, firearms owners ...
(The Center Square) – Illinois’ gun and magazine ban will stay in effect pending the outcome in the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, the appeals court ruled Thursday. Illinois banned the ...
(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is adamant the state must appeal a federal judge’s ruling that its gun and magazine ban is unconstitutional. On the House floor Tuesday, state ...
In 2008, shortly after the Heller decision, three lawsuits [fn 3] were filed in Illinois, challenging the constitutionally of handgun bans in Chicago and Oak Park. [26] All three cases were consolidated and heard in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois , and were dismissed based on earlier U.S. Supreme Court ...