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https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-assault-weapons-ban-injunction-federal-judge/

A federal judge in Southern Illinois has blocked enforcement of the state's assault weapons ban, after an appeals court earlier this month rejected a separate request for an injunction.


U.S. District Judge Stephen P. McGlynn in East St. Louis granted an injunction prohibiting Illinois from enforcing the ban statewide, as he weighs a group of lawsuits filed by downstate gun owners and firearms dealers.

"Plaintiffs have satisfied their burden for a preliminary injunction. They have shown irreparable harm with no adequate remedy at law, a reasonable likelihood of success on the merits, that the public interest is in favor of the relief, and the balance of harm weighs in their favor," McGlynn wrote.

The Illinois law bans the sale of assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines, and requires existing owners of those weapons to register them with Illinois State Police.

Gun rights groups claim the law violates Second Amendment protections.

Gun control advocates say it will help curb violence and protect lives.

His decision comes after the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals on April 18 denied an injunction by a Naperville gun dealer to block the ban while cases challenging it wind through the courts. That gun dealer has since asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case.

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