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 ...

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

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

The ruling increases the likelihood that the conservative-majority Supreme Court will one day consider whether the Second ...

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

A federal judge in East St. Louis on Friday struck down Illinois’ assault weapons ban on the grounds that it violates the ...

Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. A federal judge in East St. Louis on Friday struck down ...

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

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

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