Despite the Illinois Supreme Court upholding Illinois’ gun and magazine ban in one challenge and a lower court dismissing another, an attorney says he will proceed with his case to strike the law down. After an Effingham County judge dismissed consolidated challenges brought by attorney Thomas DeVore, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday proclaimed the gun and magazine ban is the law of the land.
DeVore countered that with his interpretation of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the case brought by state Rep. Dan Caulkins.
Despite what happens in state-level challenges on equal protections charges, federal challenges that the law violates the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms are pending before an appeals court.
Story from Illinois Radio Network
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