Illinois lawmakers passed the ban in January 2023 in response to mass shootings around the country in which AR-style rifles with large-capacity magazines were used.

A ruling Thursday by the federal appeals court in Chicago allows the law to remain in place while the legal controversy it’s generated continues to work its way through the courts.

The ruling from a 7th Circuit appellate panel stayed last month's ruling declaring the statewide gun and ammo ban to be unconstitutional.

A federal appeals court panel in Chicago ruled Thursday that Illinois’ sweeping ban on high-powered guns and high-capacity ammunition magazines can stay in place while the state contests a ruling from a downstate judge who found the law unconstitutional.

Multiple federal courts have issued contradictory rulings on Illinois' assault weapon and extended ammo magazine bans since state lawmakers enacted the bans in January 2023.

Illinois’ ban on certain semiautomatic weapons will remain in place, at least until a federal appeals court hears full arguments challenging a lower court ruling that found the law unconstitutional.

At issue was a Hawaii State Supreme Court decision that allowed the state to prosecute a man carrying a loaded pistol without a license.

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a defendant’s Second Amendment challenge to Hawaii laws that make it a crime to carry handguns or ammunition in public without a license. In written statements,

A case where Critopher Wilson was charged for carrying a gun on private property without a license was thrown out by the U.S. Supreme Court.