CHICAGO (WLS) -- A downstate judge has entered a new ruling against Illinois' assault weapons ban. A judge in Macon County struck down the law, finding that it violates the equal protection and ...

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals declined to overturn Cook County’s assault weapons ban in June. Two gun rights groups are appealing that decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. They hope the court rules ...

A top Trump Justice Department official argued in court against Illinois' assault weapons ban. Harmeet Dhillon, head of the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, said she believes the ban violates the Second ...

President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has been allowed to insert itself into a federal appellate court case over Illinois’ ban on certain high-powered guns and high-capacity magazines, with ...

CHICAGO — President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has been allowed to insert itself into a federal appellate court case over Illinois’ ban on certain high-powered guns and high-capacity ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) – A bill that would ...

Two national gun rights organizations are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Cook County’s ban on assault-style weapons in hopes that such a decision would overturn similar bans nationally, ...