Second Amendment Foundation: Prevent further enforcement of that state's prohibitions on firearms carry in public by law-abiding citizens

SAF files for preliminary injunction against Illinois carry ban

- Second Amendment Foundation
Thursday, July 7, 2011

BELLEVUE, WA - Capitalizing on its federal appeals court victory Wednesday in Ezell v. City of Chicago, the Second Amendment Foundation today moved for a preliminary injunction against the State of Illinois to prevent further enforcement of that state’s prohibitions on firearms carry in public by law-abiding citizens.

The motion was filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois in Springfield. Joining SAF in this motion are Illinois Carry and four private citizens, Michael Moore, Charles Hooks, Peggy Fechter and Jon Maier. The underlying case is known as Moore v. Madigan.

Illinois is the only state in the nation with such prohibitions. The state neither allows open carry or concealed carry, which runs afoul of recent U.S. Supreme Court Second Amendment rulings, including last year’s landmark ruling in McDonald v. City of Chicago, another SAF case. SAF was represented in McDonald and Ezell by attorney Alan Gura, who noted after yesterday’s appeals court win - forcing a temporary injunction against the city’s ban on gun ranges that the city immediately changed after the decision was announced - that “Even Chicago politicians must respect the people’s fundamental civil rightsGun rights are coming to Chicago. The only question is how much the city’s intransigence will cost taxpayers along the way.â€