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

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

Cook County gun owners refiled their decade-old Second Amendment challenge to the county’s assault-weapon ban in a case that went all the way to the Illinois Supreme Court and back. CHICAGO (CN) – ...

For a gun control law to pass constitutional muster, the government must show that the law is consistent with the nation’s ...

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

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Attorneys in the offices of Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx made similar arguments in recent court filings as both defend bans on ...

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

EAST ST. LOUIS (WGEM) - A federal judge ruled Friday Illinois’ assault weapons ban is unconstitutional. Judge Stephen McGlynn ...

Both cases are among the numerous challenges to assault weapons bans that have been filed in recent years in Illinois and elsewhere. Those cases come as state and local governments look for ways ...

Attorneys in the offices of Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx made similar arguments in recent court filings as both defend bans on assault weapons and large ...