The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday upheld the state’s sweeping gun ban, fending off the first major challenge to the landmark law which now awaits its fate before a federal appellate court.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld the state’s ban on the sale or possession of the type of semiautomatic weapons used in hundreds of mass killings nationally. In a 4-3 ...

The Illinois Supreme Court heard arguments in the state’s appeal of a downstate judge’s ruling that temporarily struck down the state’s sweeping gun ban.

WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a request from gun rights groups to temporarily block laws in Illinois that ban the sale of certain semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity ...

The Illinois Supreme Court upheld an assault-style weapons ban Friday, siding with lawmakers who have been working to put restrictions on gun purchases in place since a mass shooting at a Fourth ...

A ban on semiautomatic weapons was upheld Friday in the Illinois Supreme Court, as the state attempts to eliminate the types of guns frequently used in mass shootings across the country. The legisl… ...

The Supreme Court has officially upheld an emergency challenge to Illinois' assault weapons gun ban on Wednesday.. On April 26, a group of plaintiffs — the National Association for Gun Rights ...

Activists from Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America applaud at an Illinois House committee hearing in Chicago on the state’s proposed assault weapons ban on Dec. 20, 2022.

The Illinois Supreme Court has again denied a request from a Republican lawmaker seeking to repeal the state’s assault weapons ban. Gov. JB Pritzker signed the ban on the sale, possession and ...

The National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) asked the Supreme Court on Monday to review an Illinois assault weapons ban that a federal appeals court upheld last year. The 7th Circuit found in ...

Gun Owners of America has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court in its challenge to the Protect Illinois Communities Act, a sweeping assault weapons ban.

Illinois Supreme Court upholds state's assault weapons ban 00:47. ... Caulkins and other gun owners say the semiautomatic ban clearly violates the right to possess guns.