Illinois Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of State Ban On AR-15s – By Leif Le Mahieu (Daily Wire) / Aug 11, 2023
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled in favor of a ban on AR-15s and other similar firearms after Republicans challenged the law, arguing it was unconstitutional.
In a narrow 4-3 ruling, the court said that Illinois could ban the sale of certain handguns, rifles like AR-15s, magazines for long guns holding more than 10 rounds, and magazines for handguns holding more than 15 rounds.
In her majority decision, Democratic Judge Elizabeth Rochford said that the plaintiffs were trying to “piggyback a second amendment claim” onto an equal protection argument, saying that an argument that the law violates Second Amendment could not be made due to previous line of arguing.
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