Assault Weapons

The latest order a stays temporary injunction from another judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois in East St. Louis.

The federal judge finds ‘likely’ 2nd Amendment violation days after different federal judge in Chicago declined similar action.

This case is just one of several challenging new state law’s constitutionality.

Several state and local officials have since been sued in federal and state courts by plaintiffs, including residents, gun shop owners and organizations that oppose the law.

The law at question bans the sale and manufacture of a long list of firearms defined as “assault weapons."

The challenges keep coming in reaction to a new state law that gun owners say violates their Second Amendment rights.

After a judge found fault with often-used legislative shortcuts, high-ranking Illinois officials are preparing for a legal fight over the recently-passed assault weapons ban.

The federal case, which centers on what protections are guaranteed by the 2nd amendment, will be heard in the Southern District of Illinois.

Illinois becomes ninth state to ban military-style guns.

About six months after the Highland Park mass shooting, Illinois lawmakers advanced a bill to ban assault weapons.