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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) � A federal judge on Friday overturned Illinois�
ban on semiautomatic weapons, leaning on recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings
that strictly interpret the Second Amendment right to keep and bear
firearms.

U.S. District Judge Stephen P. McGlynn issued the lengthy finding in a
decree that he said applied universally, not just to the plaintiffs who
brought the lawsuit challenging the ban.

The Protect Illinois Communities Act, signed into law in January 2023 by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, took effect Jan. 1. It bans AR-15 rifles
and similar guns, large-capacity magazines and a wide assortment of
attachments largely in response to the 2022 Independence Day shooting at a parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park.

McGlynn�s order doesn�t take effect for 30 days.

�Sadly, there are those who seek to usher in a sort of post-Constitution
era where the citizens� individual rights are only as important as they
are convenient to a ruling class,� McGlynn, who was appointed by President Donald Trump during his first term, wrote in his opinion. �The oft-quoted phrase that �no right is absolute� does not mean that fundamental rights precariously subsist subject to the whims, caprice, or appetite of
government officials or judges.�

Pritzker and Democratic Attorney General Kwame Raoul pledged to swiftly
appeal the ruling.

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