Subj : Re: IL Gun and Magazine Ban
To   : Mike Powell
From : Dan Clough
Date : Tue Dec 17 2024 13:37:11

-=> Mike Powell wrote to All <=-

 MP> Per the January 2025 edition of American Rifleman, the US District
 MP> Court for the Southern District of Illinois struck down parts of the
 MP> Protect Illinois Communities Act (PICA) that restricted "assault
 MP> weapons" and "large-capcacity magazines" in the case of Barnett v.
 MP> Raoul.

 MP> Using the SCOTUS text-and-history test, the court found that these
 MP> weapons and accessories are "common arms," but not "dangerous and
 MP> unusual," which means that they are protected by the US Constitution's
 MP> 2nd Amendment.

 MP> This happened on November 8 of this year.

 MP> I tried to find a link online to this info but was not successful.

Very interesting indeed, and a win for freedom.

There are stories on this, such as below:

https://news.wttw.com/2024/11/11/what-comes-next-after-judge-strikes-down-illinois-assault-weapons-ban

but doesn't seem to be well-covered, or at all, by the "mainstream" 
media.  What a surprise.  ;-)



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