Can Illinois’s Assault Weapons Ban Survive Scores of Rogue Sheriffs?

Nancy Rotering was relieved when Illinois enacted its new assault weapons ban earlier this month: Had such a law been on the books earlier, the Highland Park mayor told me, her community might have been spared “the agony and the grief” it suffered last year, when a 21-year-old with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire on an Independence Day parade, killing seven people and injuring dozens of others. “We got it done,” Rotering said of the law. “I’m proud of Illinois for setting an excellent standard.” But the law, signed by Governor JB Pritzker on January 10, is facing not only… Read Full Article