A second Southern Illinois Judge has issued a temporary restraining order putting the assault weapon ban on hold for those bringing the lawsuit.
The ruling came in White County Court at Carmi where Judge T. Scott Webb indicated he based his decision on the likelihood of the success of the lawsuit seeking to declare the law unconstitutional.
The Illinois Attorney General’s office has already asked for an expiated appeal of the first temporary restraining order entered by an Effingham County Judge last month. The Appellate Court at Mt. Vernon upheld that restraining order.
More than 1,000 people and a large number of gun dealers brought the latest case to declare the law constitutional. They include former Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Darren Bailey of Xenia.
