BREAKING: Downstate judge temporarily blocks Illinois gun ban from being enforced on plaintiffs in lawsuit
Then-attorney general candidate Thomas DeVore, right, rallies with then-gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey at the Drake Hotel Oak Brook on Nov. 7, 2022.
The ruling only applies to the more than 850 people from across Illinois named as plaintiffs in the lawsuit, as well as four licensed gun dealers, including one in the city of Effingham.DeVore told the Tribune he was pleased with Morrison’s ruling and believes that the judge “like many people in the state of Illinois have had enough of this.”
“It is the initial result we’ve seen in many cases brought by plaintiffs whose goal is to advance ideology over public safety. We are well aware that this is only the first step in defending this important legislation,” Pritzker said. Morrison also said the defendants in the case — Pritzker, House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, Senate President Don Harmon and Attorney General Kwame Raoul — “did not follow the procedural requirements necessary for this legislation to stand up to the strict scrutiny that is required when restricting rights to avoid definitional irreparable harm.”
The gun ban was spurred by the mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park that left sven dead and dozens injured. Signed by Pritzker hours after it was passed by legislators, it immediately bans the delivery, sale, import and purchase of guns that are designated in the law as “assault weapons.” Starting next year, people who possess guns covered by the ban must either register them with the state or face a misdemeanor for a first offense and a felony for subsequent offenses.
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