The Illinois Supreme Court overturned a lower court decision that prevented the state's ban on assault weapons from taking effect..
In the 4-3 ruling, the court found, "First, we hold the circuit court erroneously entered summary judgment for plaintiffs on their equal protection and special legislation claims. Plaintiffs are not similarly situated to the trained professionals. To the extent plaintiffs claim they possess restricted items, they are not treated differently from the grandfathered individuals.
The lawsuit filed by Republican Representative Dan Caulkins, from Decatur, and like-minded gun owners alleges the law violates the second amendment right to keep and bear arms. "When you have a supreme court where the last two justices that were elected benefitted greatly from political contributions from the governor, it is really hard to be realistic,"Caulkins said.
"I'm hopeful, but no idea how they will resolve it. It does matter what happens at the state level and state court, but ultimately, the Supreme Court likely will be ruling on this and so whatever happens there, will ultimately, I hate to use the word trump, whatever happens in our state courts," the governor said.
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