Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law earlier this year banning assault-style rifles and high-capacity magazines.
Democratic Justices Elizabeth Rochford, Joy Cunningham, P. Scott Neville and Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis—in favor of the state, while Republican justices Lisa Holder White and David Overstree penned a joint dissent and Democratic justice Mary Kay O’Brien wrote a separate dissent.
Friday’s ruling was in response to a lawsuit filed earlier this year by Illinois state Rep. Dan Caulkins and others who argued the ban violated the equal protection clause of the state constitution.Delaware, Connecticut, California and others that have restricted access to assault-style weapons in their states.
States that have passed gun control laws in recent years have faced frequent legal challenges, including a challenge to a New York law on concealed carrying of weapons that led the
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