Illinois appellate court allows temporary hold on state gun ban to stay in place for plaintiffs in lawsuit
SPRINGFIELD — An Illinois appellate court on Tuesday upheld a downstate judge’s decision to temporarily block Illinois’ recently enacted ban on high-powered weapons and high-capacity magazines from being enforced on more than 850 people and a handful of licensed gun dealers named as plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the ban.
The state’s 5th District Appellate Court agreed with Effingham County Judge Joshua Morrison’s finding that the ban violated the state constitution’s equal protection clause. Morrison’s ruling was based
