This is a case in my own circuit court that we have been monitoring for the past year. The court ruled the FOID Act unconstitutional in regards to the licensing and taxing requirement to be in possession of a firearm or ammunition in your own home. The IL Attorney General has appealed the case to the IL Supreme Court. Cliff notes: Lady with a clean record, in possession of a single shot, bolt action rifle .22 in the home for personal protection. No FOID but otherwise eligible for a FOID. Judg
I think we're overthinking this. If the Supreme Court is planning to address scrutiny in Bruen, particularly if they decide upon a particularly stringent form of scrutiny, that will open the floodgates of litigation nationwide, which I suspect will lead to a "slowly at first, then all at once" deluge of pro-gun court decisions.
Take note of the FPC's Cook County AWB lawsuit that was filed recently. What struck me was how odd and out-of-the-blue it seemed. There didn't seem to be much