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The state high court’s 4-3 ruling is a victory for gun control advocates who pushed for the law following a mass shooting during last year’s Fourth of July parade in Highland Park that ...
The gunman accused of killing seven people at an Independence Day parade in Chicago's Highland Park suburb obtained a firearms license just months after police investigated alleged threats he made ...
A day after a gunman fired 70 rounds into a crowd at the Highland Park Independence Day parade, concerns and questions began to emerge about the availability of high-capacity firepower in Illinois ...
At the largest gun shows, over 1,000 firearms are sold over two days. [3] In 2007, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reported that it found no definite numbers for U.S. gun shows, but said that estimates ranged from 2,000 to 5,200 a year. [3] In 1999, the ATF reported that 4,442 gun shows were advertised in 1998 in Gun Show Calendar. [2]: 4
Gun laws in Illinois regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition in the state of Illinois in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] To legally possess firearms or ammunition, Illinois residents must have a Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card , which is issued by the Illinois State Police on a shall-issue basis.
The Illinois State Police are facing pushback from gun rights advocates over proposed rules requiring owners of certain firearms to register them before the end of the year.. State police are in ...
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.
(The Center Square) – Whether Illinois should be enjoined from enforcing the state’s gun and magazine ban starting Monday is now up to a federal appeals court. Illinois enacted the Protect ...