Illinois Gun Requirement Is Unconstitutional: Judge

The ruling examined a requirement that state residents obtain an identification card to legally possess guns.
Illinois Gun Requirement Is Unconstitutional: Judge
A customer shops for a pistol in Illinois in a file photograph. Scott Olson/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
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A statewide requirement in Illinois for guns violates residents’ constitutional right to keep firearms in their homes, according to a new ruling.

“After analyzing all the evidence in this matter, this Court finds that the Defendant’s activity of possessing a firearm within the confines of her home is an act protected by the Second Amendment,” White County Resident Circuit Judge T. Scott Webb wrote in the Feb. 10 decision.
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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