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February 14, 2023Federal District Court Judge Orders Illinois to Show Examples of Every Newly-Banned Firearm | The Truth About Guns

Description goes hereThings just got very real for the gun-grabbers behind the Illinois Firearm Ban Act. Last Monday the Illinois Gun Rights Alliance filed for a preliminary injunction to block enforcement of the new gun ban in the Land of Lincoln. On Monday, the US District Court judge issued an order that sets up the Illinois Attorney General for an epic failure.
We got an early Valentine’s Day gift. I say “we” because Guns Save Life where I serve as Executive Director stands as a named plaintiff in the FFL-IL lawsuit. As for the gift, US District Court Judge Stephen McGlynn issued an order requiring the state to provide illustrative examples of each and every item banned under the Illinois Firearm Ban Act.
24 – Feb 13, 2023 – ORDER: Within the response to 16 Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Defendants shall provide illustrative examples of each and every item banned under 720 ILCS 5/24-1.9. Signed by Judge Stephen P. McGlynn on 2/13/2023. (jce)THIS TEXT ENTRY IS AN ORDER OF THE COURT. NO FURTHER DOCUMENTATION WILL BE MAILED. (Entered: 02/13/2023)
February 7, 2023 - MOTION FOR INJUNCTION FILED: Our lawsuit FFL-IL, et al., v. Pritzker, et al., No. 3:23-CV-215-SPM

We filed Guns Save Life’s lawsuit a couple of weeks ago. We filed it in conjunction with the coalition of gun stores, gun clubs and gun rights organizations known as the Illinois Gun Rights Alliance. Very late in the day yesterday we filed a motion for a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement. Here’s the latest filings so you don’t have to pay Judici or PACER for them…
February 7, 2023 - Arguments against Illinois' gun ban stack up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCA7CQXtJE
January 26 - Illinois State Police look to consolidate federal gun ban challenges as a state's attorney sues | Bishop On Air

Quick afternoon update on the legal challenges to Illinois' gun ban.
Illinois State Police look to consolidate gun ban challenge: https://www.thecentersquare.com/illin...
McHenry County State's Attorney Patrick Kenneally files lawsuit against Illinois' gun ban: https://twitter.com/McHenryCoSAO/stat...
January 26, 2023 - BREAKING: Illinois State Police look to consolidate federal gun ban challenges | The Center Square

Thursday, Illinois State Police motioned to consolidate Langley et al v. Kelly et al. with three other cases filed in federal court: Illinois State Rifle Association's case Harrel, et al. v. Raoul, et al.; Illinois Gun Rights Alliance’s Federal Firearms Licensees of Illinois, et al. v. Pritzker, et al; and the National Shoot Sports Foundations’ Barnett, et al. v. Raoul, et al.
The ISP motion says similar cases are typically combined into lower-numbered cases, which ISP says is the Langley case that was filed Jan. 1, 2023.
January 25, 2023 - Illinois’s Unacceptable New Gun Law | National Review

By our own Dan P. Eldridge: The Democrats in charge of the state have gone too far with their latest gun restrictions. Law-abiding Illinois gun owners are pushing back.
Jan 25, 2023 - Heavy hitters tee up lawsuits in federal court to strike down IL gun ban law | Cook County Record

The NRA lawsuit was followed by a complaint on behalf of a coalition of Illinois gun owners’ rights groups, known collectively as the Illinois Gun Rights Alliance. That complaint was also filed in the District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
Jan 24, 2023 - Lawsuits against Illinois’ gun ban stack up as Pritzker expects months of wrangling | The Center Square

Tuesday afternoon, the Illinois Gun Rights Alliance, a coalition of Federal Firearms Licensees of Illinois representing gun stores, Guns Save Life and Gun Owners of America, filed a separate federal case in the Southern District of Illinois challenging the gun ban. Guns Save Life Executive Director John Boch said his group plans more than just one.
Jan 24, 2023 - Illinois' gun and mag ban faces two new federal lawsuits | Bearing Arms

The ILGRA complaint opens with an excellent history lesson on both the establishment of the Second Amendment as well as the many changes and developments in the design and manufacture of firearms that took place in the 19th century; the rise of multi-shot revolvers and repeating rifles among them. As Michel points out, “despite these rapid advancements in firearms technology, there was no significant discussion about changing or limiting the scope of the Second Amendment” at the time, nor did “anyone of note suggest that the right did not apply to the transformative firearm technology of the time.”
Jan 24, 2023 - Illinois Gun Rights Alliance Files Latest Challenge to New Gun Control Law as an Overmatched AG Struggles to Keep Up | The Truth About Guns

The coalition seeks to dismantle the onerous new Illinois law that outlaws America’s favorite rifle, the AR-15, and millions of other semi-automatic rifles, shotguns, and pistols along with the magazines that feed them.
January 20. 2023 - Downstate judge issues temporary restraining order over Illinois' new assault weapons ban | ABC 7

Other groups, including the Illinois Gun Rights Alliance, are promising more lawsuits in federal court.
January 19, 2023 - Illinois Gun Ban - They Can Read our Objections in the Court Filings | The Real Story with Jeanne Ives

Video interview with Dan Eldridge of the ILGRA and Maxon’s Shooting Sports
January 17, 2023 - WELCOME! GOA joins our ‘Illinois Gun Rights Alliance’ coalition | Guns Save Life

Yes, Gun Owners of America has officially joined our coalition fighting JB Pritzker’s new gun ban. Oh yeah, did you catch the “Illinois Gun Rights Alliance” part of the header?
Jan 17, 2023 - 'Dangerous Infringement': Gun-Rights Group Launches Legal Challenge Against Dem Gov's Weapons Ban | Washington Free Beacon

J.B. Pritzker's gun ban is 'divisive, unenforceable, and offers dubious efficacy as a crime-fighting tool,' argues Illinois Gun Rights Alliance
January 11, 2023 - Gun dealers, advocates vow to go to courts after Illinois passes assault weapon ban bill | ABC 7

"In the next few days or so that we'll be in front of a federal judge and we'll be putting our case and I don't think that this deprivation of fundamentally, constitutionally protected rights is going to stand for very long," said Todd Vandermyde, former NRA lobbyist.