Illinois appellate court upheld a temporary restraining order on enforcement of the state's 3-week-old law banning semiautomatic weapons, enacted largely in response to the mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in Chicago suburb of Highland Park.
A three-judge panel for the 5th District Appellate Court affirmed the restraining order issued Jan. 20 by a circuit judge in Effingham County.
The Protect Illinois Communities Act prohibits the manufacture or possession of semiautomatic handguns and rifles. Those who owned them before the Jan. 10 effective date of the law must register them with the Illinois State Police by Jan. 1, 2024.in Effingham, about 10 miles northeast of St. Louis, seeking the restraining order.
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