Kim Perales on Nostr: Good news for Illinoisans: The IL ST SC found a strict assault weapons ban passed ...
Good news for Illinoisans: The IL ST SC found a strict assault weapons ban passed after the Highland Park shooting to be constitutional in a ruling issued Fri -ruling came in response to a lawsuit that claimed that the ban violated the equal protections clause of the #14A to the US Const. The court reversed a lower court finding & said: law doesn't violate the equal protections clause. However, the SC didn't comment on claims that the law also violated the #2A. #GunReform
https://abcnews.go.com/US/illinois-supreme-court-finds-assault-weapons-ban-constitutional/story?id=102198069Published at
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