Judge’s decision in gun ban challenge weeks away as state set to appeal concealed carry ruling
A trial over the constitutionality of Illinois’ ban on certain high-powered firearms ended this week after four days of ...
Gun ban judge: What if Black victims of historic race riots had such weapons
The federal judge overseeing the challenge to Illinois’ gun and magazine ban questioned what would have happened if Black ...
Gun expert says assault weapons ban ‘describes the most popular firearms I’m involved with’
A firearms expert testified Wednesday that the weapons restricted under Illinois’ assault weapons ban include many of the ...
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Downstate federal trial poses latest test for Illinois gun ban
SPRINGFIELD — Legal wrangling over Illinois’ sweeping gun ban is set to resume Monday in East St. Louis, where a federal judge will consider a challenge to the constitutionality of a law that ...
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Assault weapons ban would have prevented 38 mass shootings, Northwestern study says
In the first analysis of its kind, Northwestern Medicine researchers modeled a "what if" scenario in which the federal ban on ...
Everything Kamala Harris Has Said About Being a Gun Owner
She first mentioned owning a gun in 2019 and has consistently supported stronger background checks and reinstating a federal assault weapons ban.