<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1F95RN_0wPLrH6b00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1F95RN_0wPLrH6b00" width="1140" height="746" ><figcaption>Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx (right) and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul (left) are pictured at the Illinois Statehouse in 2019. They’re both defending state and county bans on assault weapons in federal court cases. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)</figcaption></figure>Illinois’ attorney general and Cook County’s state’s attorney have filed arguments in separate federal court cases supporting assault weapon bans.Capitol News Illinois reports in one case, Kwame Raoul’s office filed final arguments in favor of the Protect Illinois Communities Act, that case had oral arguments in southern Illinois last month.The state and other supporters of the law say governments can regulate weapons, particularly if they are designed for military use.But challengers say the ban violates the Second Amendment right to bear arms. They want the U-S Supreme Court to eventually decide the issue.In a separate case, Kim Foxx’s office filed arguments ahead of a hearing before the seventh-circuit court of appeals next month. That case involves a similar weapons ban in Cook County that dates back more than 30 years.A ruling in the southern Illinois case could come in the next several weeks.Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. </div></body>

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State, Cook County use similar arguments to defend assault weapon bans

Illinois’ attorney general and Cook County’s state’s attorney have filed arguments in separate federal court cases supporting assault weapon bans. Capitol News Illinois reports in one case, Kwame Raoul’s office filed final arguments in favor of the Protect Illinois Communities Act, that case had oral arguments in southern Illinois last month.