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March 12, 2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Washington, D.C. \u2014 Yesterday afternoon,\u00a0Gun Owners of America<\/a>\u00a0(GOA) and the Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) filed a\u00a0petition for certiorari<\/a>\u00a0with the U.S. Supreme Court in their challenge to the Illinois ban on standard capacity magazines and so-called \u201cassault weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n These bans took effect in January 2023, and GOA quickly filed suit and\u00a0secured an injunction<\/a>\u00a0from Judge Stephen McGlynn. As Judge McGlynn put it, the Illinois laws in question \u201cseem to be written in spite of the clear directives in Bruen and Heller, not in conformity with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Frustratingly, the anti-gun 7th\u00a0Federal Circuit quickly blocked Judge McGlynn\u2019s ruling, leaving Illinois gun owners with no choice but to request relief from the nation\u2019s high court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Erich Pratt, GOA\u2019s Senior Vice President, issued the following statement:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cGOA has been at the forefront of this challenge since before the bans even took effect, and while our goal was never to have to end up before the Supreme Court, we were fully prepared to do so.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cWe urge the Justices to hear the pleas of millions of Americans in Illinois and several other states nationwide who cannot purchase many of the commonly owned semi-automatic firearms available today because of the unconstitutional laws passed by anti-gun politicians.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Sam Paredes, on behalf of the board for GOF, added:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cJB Pritzker and his colleagues in the Illinois General Assembly openly defied the Supreme Couret and the Constitution when they passed their \u2018emergency\u2019 bill to ban so-called \u2018assault weapons.\u2019\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n We are optimistic the Justices will choose to hear the case and make clear once and for all that \u2018assault weapons\u2019 bans on tens of millions of commonly owned rifles are wholly out of line with the Second Amendment.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Fox News Digital first covered the story, read more\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n GOA spokesmen are available for interviews.\u00a0 Gun Owners of America is a nonprofit grassroots lobbying organization dedicated to protecting the right to keep and bear arms without compromise. GOA represents over two million members and activists. For more information, visit\u00a0GOA\u2019s Press Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n