Today a petition was filed with the United States Supreme Court, asking it to hear the NRA-backed challenge to Illinois’ ban on popular semi-automatic firearms and standard-capacity magazines.
The lawsuit was filed as soon as the bill was signed into law. It got off to a strong start by securing a preliminary injunction that prevented the law from taking effect. But the Chicago-based Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that, holding that these commonly owned firearms and magazines are not “arms” under the Second Amendment. That decision could not go unchallenged—especially coming just a year after the Supreme Court decided New York Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen.