The Second Modification Basis (SAF) is celebrating an enormous victory in U.S. District Court docket in Illinois wherein the courtroom declared provisions of the Defend Illinois Communities Act (PICA) which criminalize possession of so-called “assault weapons” and “large-capacity magazines” is unconstitutional beneath the Second Modification. The case is called Harrel v. Raoul.
SAF is joined by the Illinois State Rifle Affiliation, Firearms Coverage Coalition, C4 Gun Retailer, Marengo Weapons and Dane Harrel, for whom the lawsuit is known as.
In his 168-page choice, U.S. District Choose Stephen P. McGlynn, a Donald Trump appointee, wrote, “Because the prohibition of firearms is unconstitutional, so is the registration scheme for assault weapons, attachments, and large-capacity magazines.”
He enjoined Illinois from implementing the firearm registration necessities and penalties related to the necessities of the statute.
“It is a nice victory for the Second Modification Basis and the proper to maintain and bear arms,” mentioned SAF founder and Government Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. “The gun prohibition foyer and their bought-and-paid-for politicians simply suffered an enormous defeat.”
“Right this moment commonsense prevailed with the discovering that Illinois’ AWB and journal capability ban are an unconstitutional affront to the Second Modification,” added SAF Government Director Adam Kraut. “It’s excessive time the Supreme Court docket weigh in and put finality to this difficulty as soon as and for all. Our win in the present day is a step in that route, however our pending cert petition on this difficulty from Maryland supplies the Court docket a chance to resolve this difficulty expediently with out extra pointless appeals in different instances.”
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The Second Modification Basis (saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt training, analysis, publishing and authorized motion group devoted to safeguarding and selling the elemental rights of people enshrined within the Second Modification of the US Structure. SAF engages in aggressive authorized motion to make sure the ideas of armed self-defense, private liberty, and the possession of arms are defended, secured, and restored. By public training initiatives, SAF teaches the significance of the Second Modification to advertise a society that values and workout routines the proper to maintain and bear arms.
