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A federal judge in Illinois ruled that the state\u2019s assault rifle ban is unconstitutional, arguing that the decision violates the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn\u2019s opinion, he issued a permanent injunction prohibiting enforcement of the ban, though he stated the injunction won\u2019t take effect for 30 days, meaning it\u2019s paused to give time for an appeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision comes as a federal appeals court in the state last month upheld the assault weapon ban \u2014 which was passed last year following a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in the suburbs of Chicago \u2014 arguing that the ban constitutes a reasonable limit on the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGovernment may punish a deliberately false fire alarm; it may condition free assembly on the issuance of a permit; it may require voters to present a valid identification card; and it may punish child abuse even if it is done in the name of religion,\u201d Judge Diane Wood wrote in that decision. \u201cThe right enshrined in the Second Amendment is no different.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In McGlynn\u2019s ruling, he wrote, \u201cSo much about firearms is contentious, from the political debate to the jurisprudential debate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the crossroads of this debate stands the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The law in question \u2014 dubbed the Protect Illinois Communities Act \u2014 bans the sale and distribution of assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and switches in the state. Under the act, individuals who had those items in possession were required to submit an endorsement affidavit through their firearm identification card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), who signed the bill in January, called the measure a \u201ccommonsense law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McGlynn wrote in the ruling that the ban \u201ccriminalizes knowing possession of hundreds of previously lawful rifles, handguns, and shotguns.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is no happy consensus on guns, particularly those defined as \u2018assault weapons.\u2019 With malice toward none on either side of these debates, and with no desire to impose policy judgments by judicial fiat, this Court seeks to understand what exactly it means for a firearm to be \u2018dangerous,\u2019 \u2018unusual,\u2019 \u2018bearable,\u2019 \u2018in common use,\u2019 in \u2018dual use,\u2019 and\/or a \u2018military weapon,’\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill has contacted Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker\u2019s press office and the Southern District of Illinois Court for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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