Attorneys with the U.S. Department of Justice have sided with four plaintiffs in their lawsuit against Illinois' ban on more ...

CHICAGO — Illinois’ flagship gun rights organization on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit alleging the newly signed state law that prohibits high-powered guns and large-capacity ammunition ...

Two lawsuits have now been filed that are the first legal oppositions to Illinois' new ban on assault weapons. A number of lawsuits aim to strike down the law passed last week by the Illinois ...

Democrats say the new law, the most extensive firearm ban in the Midwest, will save lives, but gun rights supporters claim it is unconstitutional. By Mitch Smith CHICAGO — When Illinois ...

Illinois’ highest court upheld a statute frequently used to charge felony gun possession, finding that a requirement to ...

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The Supreme Court ruled Monday to let two state gun control laws remain in place, as the 6-3 conservative court declined to take up challenges to Maryland’s assault weapons ban and Rhode Island’s ban ...

Gun violence is the leading cause of death of children in the U.S.—and states with loose gun control laws bear the heaviest burden, a new study found ...

Gun rights groups are asking a federal appeals court to overturn Illinois’ assault weapons ban, setting up a possible Supreme ...

A bill awaiting Gov. JB Pritzker's signature marked a rare instance in which Democrats and Republicans largely agreed on a ...

Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine has assembled a team of 35 elected State’s Attorneys from across Illinois to ...

A ruling against Illinois' assault weapons ban is being appealed to the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.