Amid flurry of gun ban challenges, federal appeals court considers Cook County assault weapon law – Capitol News IL

A panel of federal judges is weighing whether to overturn a Cook County ban on semiautomatic weapons in a case that could upend other local bans and call into question the statewide prohibition on the controversial class of firearms. But the appeal under consideration at the federal 7th Circuit Court of Appeals faces potentially long odds of success.
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Mark F
1 year ago

If only Democratic politicians were as concerned with punishing people who criminally use firearms as they are in banning law abiding citizens from owning firearms….then there might be a drop in firearms related violence.

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