US District Court Judge Blocks Illinois Ban on Certain Types of Rifles, Attachments

Judge Stephen McGlynn ruled that the law does not comport with the Supreme Court decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen.

A customer purchases a semiautomatic rifle for about $1,200 at an Illinois store on Dec. 17, 2012, in this file image. Scott Olson/Getty Images

A U.S. District Court Judge on Nov. 8 permanently enjoined the state of Illinois from enforcing its Protecting Illinois Communities Act (PICA), a ban on certain types of semiautomatic rifles and so-called high-capacity magazines.

In a 168-page ruling, Judge Stephen McGlynn of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois wrote that PICA was “unconstitutional under the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution as applied to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment.” The order is stayed for 30 days.