7th Circuit Upholds Illinois “Assault Weapons” Ban

https://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/OpinionsWeb/processWebInputExternal.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2026/D07-09/C:24-3063:J:St__Eve:aut:T:fnOp:N:3571196:S:0

Excerpt from the opinion:

For reasons that follow, we focus on the Act’s application to AR-15s and thirty-round rifle magazines. The Act’s restrictions on these items, we hold, are consistent with the principles that underpin our Nation’s tradition of firearm regulation. Whether to adopt them is thus a decision reposed in our elected representatives, and we reverse.“

Lower court found the Illinois law unconstitutional, but the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the lower court’s decision. I guess we’ll have to see what the Supreme Court has to say.

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ONCE MORE PROVING courts are basically fickle.

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