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Well, butter my biscuit, the ol’ Supreme Court done gone and let an Illinois law slide on by! You heard right, folks, the high and mighty judges ain’t gonna stop the Land of Lincoln from putting the kibosh on high-power semiautomatic weapons. And wouldn’t ya know it, them gun rights folks done got shot down (pun intended) when they tried to put a hold on the whole shebang.
This here law, the Protect Illinois Communities Act, tells folks they can’t have them fancy rifles and high-capacity magazines no more, and it’s s’posed to kick in come Jan. 1. The 7th District U.S. Court of Appeals already gave it a thumbs-up, and the Illinois Supreme Court said “yep, sounds good to us” back in August, so it’s lookin’ like a done deal.
JUST IN: Supreme Court refuses to block Illinois law banning some high-power semiautomatic weapons https://t.co/d2a1dsQWOn
— WGN TV News (@WGNNews) December 14, 2023
Now, this ain’t the only state with a bone to pick when it comes to semiautomatic weapons – eight others and the District of Columbia already got rules in place. And I’ll be doggone if there ain’t a whole mess of legal ruckus goin’ on in them federal courts ’bout them laws. Seems like the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision about gun rights is stirrin’ the pot quite a bit.
So, what exactly does this Illinois law mean for gun-totin’ folks? Well, it’s puttin’ the kibosh on specific types of rifles and handguns, includin’ the popular AR-15 and them .50-caliber guns. And if yer piece holds more than 10 rounds, well, you can kiss it goodbye ’cause it ain’t gonna fly. If you already got one of them contraptions when the law came rollin’ into town, you gotta register it with the Illinois State Police, serial numbers and all.
Looks like the wind’s a-changin’, folks, and them Illinoisans are gonna have to do some heavy reckonin’ on their gun collections. But hey, when it comes to upholdin’ the law, sometimes ya gotta bite the bullet – just not a high-capacity one, mind ya.
