An Illinois legislation banning the sale and use of “bump shares” and different units that enhance the firing energy of semiautomatic weapons stays in place regardless of the U.S. Supreme Courtroom’s determination final week hanging down a federal ban on such objects.
“Illinois legislation will not be affected by the choice,” a spokesperson for Lawyer Common Kwame Raoul acknowledged to Capitol Information Illinois.
This case has sparked debate as each side of the gun management challenge await the Supreme Courtroom’s determination on whether or not to listen to a broader constitutional problem to Illinois’ 2023 assault weapons ban, which incorporates the state-level bump inventory ban. This determination may arrive within the coming days and alter the course for different state bans relying on how the Courtroom guidelines.
State bans on bump shares are nonetheless in impact. States which have enacted such bans embrace California, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Delaware, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, Vermont, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Nevada, Washington and Washington, D.C. Every of those states and the District had their legal guidelines in place previous to or unbiased of the federal ban.
The Illinois bump inventory ban was a part of a broader assault weapons ban enacted in response to the Highland Park capturing in 2022. This legislation bans quite a few firearms outlined as “assault weapons,” large-capacity magazines, and attachments that enhance the speed of fireside of semiautomatic firearms. The laws, handed throughout a particular session in January 2023, was shortly signed into legislation by Governor J.B. Pritzker.
Authorized challenges to the Illinois legislation are ongoing, with combined leads to federal courts. The Seventh Circuit Courtroom of Appeals dominated in November 2023 that the legislation may stay in drive whereas challenges are being thought of. The U.S. Supreme Courtroom’s pending determination may have important implications for the way forward for gun management laws within the state and doubtlessly nationwide.
