Gun Legislation & Law Enforcement

The law had subjected LE agencies with officers who knowingly enforced federal gun laws without equivalent state laws to a fine of $50,000 per violating officer

Local governments can't declare themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries and ban police from enforcing certain gun laws within their border

The funding was announced on the fifth anniversary of the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida

At a rate of one every four days, a new legal challenge has arisen to Illinois' month-old firearms ban

Lawyers argued their client's Second Amendment right was violated by law that makes it illegal for "unlawful users of controlled substances" to possess firearms

Attorney General Kwame Raoul plans to appeal the ruling to the state Supreme Court

Officials clarified that enforcing the ban doesn't demand that "deputies go door to door seeking to remove weapons from those licensed to own them"

More than 90 of the state's 102 sheriffs say they won't aggressively enforce the law

Lead sponsor Majority Leader Tom Takubo clarified that the measure only applies to specific situations

"The sheriff has no authority to determine the constitutionality of a law — that is up to the courts," officials said

More than 90 out of 102 county sheriffs have publicly stated that they won't aggressively enforce the law

"You don't get to choose which laws you comply with in the state of Illinois," Gov. J.B. Pritzker said

EMTs and others would be protected from civil and criminal liability while performing their duties with law enforcement

Greene County Sheriff Rob McMillen expects the weapons ban to be challenged in court, but until then he says that he is going to follow his "morals and beliefs"

The judge has not made a final determination on the constitutionality of any of Measure 114's provisions