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   -=> Mike Powell wrote to All <=-   
      
    MP> Per the January 2025 edition of American Rifleman, the US District   
    MP> Court for the Southern District of Illinois struck down parts of the   
    MP> Protect Illinois Communities Act (PICA) that restricted "assault   
    MP> weapons" and "large-capcacity magazines" in the case of Barnett v.   
    MP> Raoul.   
      
    MP> Using the SCOTUS text-and-history test, the court found that these   
    MP> weapons and accessories are "common arms," but not "dangerous and   
    MP> unusual," which means that they are protected by the US Constitution's   
    MP> 2nd Amendment.   
      
    MP> This happened on November 8 of this year.   
      
    MP> I tried to find a link online to this info but was not successful.   
      
   Very interesting indeed, and a win for freedom.   
      
   There are stories on this, such as below:   
      
   https://news.wttw.com/2024/11/11/what-comes-next-after-judge-str   
   kes-down-illinois-assault-weapons-ban   
      
   but doesn't seem to be well-covered, or at all, by the "mainstream"    
   media.  What a surprise.  ;-)   
      
      
      
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