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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John O'Connor

Illinois Supreme Court plans to rule on semiautomatic weapons ban

ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Illinois Supreme Court plans to issue an opinion Friday on a lawsuit challenging the state's ban of the type of semiautomatic weapons used in hundreds of mass killings nationally.

The lawsuit, filed by Republican Rep. Dan Caulkins, of Decatur, and like-minded gun-owners, alleges the law violates the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. But it also claims the law is applied unequally.

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