U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn is holding off on enforcing his ruling for 30 days to allow Illinois leaders time to ...

A federal judge in Illinois has ruled the state's blanket ban on assault weapons is unconstitutional and violates the Second ...

U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn says the law bans firearms covered by the Second Amendment and is not supported by ...

A panel of federal judges is weighing whether to overturn a Cook County ban on semiautomatic weapons in a case that could ...

The ban was signed into law in January 2023 and prohibited the sale or transfer of assault rifles and high-capacity magazines ...

Illinois lawmakers first passed the assault weapon ban, as well as a ban on high-capacity ammo magazines, in January 2023.

In this August 2012 photo, three variations of the AR-15 assault rifle are displayed at the California Department of Justice ...

A federal judge on Friday struck down Illinois' assault weapons ban, ruling it violates the Second and 14th Amendments of the ...

Officials in the state have already filed an appeal after the Trump-appointed judge’s ruling, which cites recent Supreme ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A downstate federal judge has ruled Illinois' assault weapons ban unconstitutional on Friday. The judge in ...

A federal judge has ruled Illinois' assault weapons ban is unconstitutional, according to a decision released Friday.

Government may not deprive law-abiding citizens of their guaranteed right to self-defense as a means of offense,” the judge ...