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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
CST Editorial Board

Illinois Supreme Court upheld assault weapons ban, but there’s more work to do

Activists from Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America applaud at an Illinois House committee hearing in Chicago on the state’s proposed assault weapons ban on Dec. 20, 2022. The law was passed and signed in January 2023. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

On Friday, the Illinois Supreme Court made the right decision to protect our streets, schools, grocery stores, parks, churches, malls, theaters and more from the scourge of gun violence and mass shootings.

In a 4-3 ruling, the state’s highest court upheld the landmark Illinois law banning the sale of semiautomatic assault weapons, large-capacity ammunition magazines and so-called “switches” that turn regular firearms into fully automatic weapons.

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