Ban On Automatic Weapons

The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld the state’s ban on the sale or possession of the type of semiautomatic weapons  used in hundred of mass killings nationally. In a 4 to 3 decision Friday, the high court found that the Protect Our Communities Act does not violate the federal Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection of the law nor the state constitution’s bar on special legislation. But it carves out exceptions. Those who possessed semiautomatic guns before it became effective on Jan. 10 are allowed to keep them but must register them with the state police by Jan. 1, 2024. And seven categories of “trained professionals,” such as police officers, active-duty military, corrections officials and qualified security guards, may carry them. #semiautomaticweapons, #criminallawyerschaumburg, #schaumburgcriminallawyer, #schaumburgcriminalattorney, #criminalattorneyschaumburg, #criminallawyernearme,