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CHICAGO, IL - As crime in Chicago continues to skyrocket, the City has taken an unconventional approach in its solution. Read more...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, filed a legal challenge to Illinois’ unconstitutional law that seeks to muzzle firearm manufacturers’ and retailers’ First Amendment right of free commercial speech and to regulate industry members’ commercial conduct in every state of the Union. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the Firearm Industry Responsibility Act into [...]
A convicted murderer has been sentenced to 180 days in jail for holding a gun to a woman’s head while counting down from five after she tried calling 911 in Crystal Lake. Pierre D. Mahone, 51, of Atlanta, Georgia, was charged in December 2021 with felon in possession of a firearm, two counts of aggravated [...]
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker – a Democrat – signed a bill into law on Friday that would allow non-U.S. citizens to become police officers. Opponents of the bill argue that it would be "madness" to allow foreign nationals to arrest American citizens. After passing the Illinois State House and Senate, Pritzker signed into law Illinois [...]
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. JB Pritzker made changes to the state’s Mandatory Supervised Release System (MSRS) by signing Senate Bill 423 into law. Read more...
The McHenry County state’s attorney said he is “disheartened and shocked” by the state’s supreme court ruling allowing the SAFE-T Act’s end of cash bail provision to go into effect. The Illinois Supreme Court, in a 5-2 ruling, announced its opinion Tuesday morning in the case of Rowe v. Raoul where state attorneys from across [...]
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled the end of cash bail in the SAFE-T Act is constitutional and will go into effect in September. The court, in a 5-2 ruling, announced its opinion Tuesday morning in the case of Rowe v. Raoul where state attorneys from across the state brought legal action against the Safety, [...]
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) is considering signing legislation into law that would allow illegal aliens, enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, to become police officers in the sanctuary state. Democrat legislators, with a supermajority in the Illinois House and Senate, passed legislation late last month that would allow thousands of [...]
Given the makeup of the three-judge panel considering the constitutionality of Illinois’ ban on so-called assault weapons and “large capacity” magazines, I have a sneaking suspicion about what they’ll ultimately decide, but Judge Frank Easterbrook at least feigned open-mindedness during today’s oral arguments, at one point calling the issue an “extremely difficult problem.” Read more...
Given the makeup of the three-judge panel considering the constitutionality of Illinois’ ban on so-called assault weapons and “large capacity” magazines, I have a sneaking suspicion about what they’ll ultimately decide, but Judge Frank Easterbrook at least feigned open-mindedness during today’s oral arguments, at one point calling the issue an “extremely difficult problem.” Read more...
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