Illinois State Rifle Association officially files appeal to SCOTUS on assault weapon ban
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — The Illinois State Rifle Association is taking their case against the Illinois assault weapons ban to the U.S. Supreme Court.
From the beginning of this legal battle shortly after Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the law last year, the ISRA knew where it was heading.
“When we started the case, we knew this is where we were headed,” Richard Pearson, the Executive Director of the ISRA, said. “So the case is designed to be heard by the United States Supreme Court, but it’s up to the Supreme Court, of course, whether they hear it or not.”
The 7th Appellate Court ruled in the state’s ruling in November, allowing the law to remain in effect. Now, this case and several other 2nd Amendment cases in other states are waiting to be heard. Pearson expects the cases lumped together at the Supreme Court.
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The ISRA had until March to file this appeal, but wanted to get it in earlier, hoping the case gets taken up quickly.
“So we wanted to get this case settled,” Pearson said. “I think the gun owners of Illinois and the United States deserve to have a rule in the U.S. Supreme Court on this.”
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