A federal appeals judge in Illinois has put a hold on a lower court judge’s ruling that blocked the state from enforcing its strict ban on some rifles and high-capacity magazines.

Appellate Judge Frank Easterbrook of the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the temporary injunction issued Friday by District Judge Stephen Patrick McGlynn, who had said the law did not respect the Second Amendment rights of Illinois residents. Easterbrook’s ruling temporarily puts the gun control law back into effect as three federal lawsuits and a state lawsuit filed by gun owners and gun rights groups have challenged it on constitutional grounds. 

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