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11/05/2023
U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Illinois Assault Weapons Ban
A lower court had imposed an injunction on the ban
A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld an Illinois state ban on assault-style weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines enacted after a 2022 mass shooting in Chicago's Highland Park suburb that left seven people dead and dozens more wounded.
In a 2-1 vote, a three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a lower-court injunction imposed against the firearms restrictions in one set of cases and affirmed decisions keeping the law intact in another batch.
The appellate ruling also upheld several similar local laws in Illinois.
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