News and information about Illinois banning certain types of guns in 2023
In a long-expected move, national gun rights organizations are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Illinois’ gun ban.
The Illinois Supreme Court has again denied a request from a Republican lawmaker seeking to repeal the state’s gun ban.
According to data maintained by Illinois State Police, just under 30,000 individuals had filed registration forms ahead of the Jan. 1 deadline. Those registrations covered roughly 69,000 firearms that fall under the ban as well as nearly 43,000 accessories.
A southern Illinois federal judge officially declined to issue an injunction to delay the Jan. 1 registration requirement under the state’s assault weapons ban. U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn issued the 34-page order on Friday.
The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to put on hold a new Illinois law that would ban high-powered guns like the one used in the mass killing of seven people at a 2022 parade in Highland Park. The law takes effect Jan. 1.
Firearm owners in Illinois will have to wait at least another month before knowing exactly what items they must register with the Illinois State Police under the state’s assault weapons ban, even as the deadline for submitting those registrations is less than three weeks away.
Gun owners face a Jan. 1 deadline to register their assault weapons with the state under Illinois’ assault weapons law.
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Gun rights advocacy groups say they intend to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the state’s assault weapons ban after a federal appeals court on Friday refused to block enforcement of the law.
In a 2-1 ruling Friday, a federal appeals court ruled that Illinois’ gun ban does not violate the U.S. Constitution, setting up a likely appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
According to data maintained by Illinois State Police, there are more than 2.4 million Firearm Owner Identification card holders in Illinois, although not all of them own firearms covered by the gun ban. As of Thursday, only 2,430 individuals had submitted registrations.
When lawmakers return to the Capitol next week for their annual fall veto session, they have a full agenda, including a handful of vetoes from Gov. JB Pritzker to consider overriding, in addition to deciding whether to revive a private school scholarship program
As of Wednesday, according to Illinois State Police, 1,050 individuals had completed disclosures through online gun registrations. Those included disclosures of 2,060 firearms, 1,125 accessories and 17 ammunition supplies.
A new law in Illinois restricts the way gun dealers and manufacturers can market and sell their products and subjects them to civil penalties for violations.
DeKalb County Sheriff Andy Sullivan said Friday he plans to enforce a statewide ban on semiautomatic weapons, reversing a declaration he made in January alongside sheriffs statewide that alleged the law was unconstitutional and wouldn’t be followed.