The U.S. Department of Justice is telling a federal appeals court that Illinois’ gun and magazine ban is unconstitutional.

A bill awaiting Gov. JB Pritzker's signature marked a rare instance in which Democrats and Republicans largely agreed on a ...

A measure Illinois lawmakers sent to Gov. JB Pritzker would streamline firearms ID process for low-level gun offenders.

“Each court of appeals that has taken up a challenge to a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines has found these ...

Congress allowed a national assault weapons ban to expire in 2004. The gun control group Everytown Law applauded the high court’s action, saying the measures make communities safer.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider reviving a Republican challenge to an Illinois law that allows mail ballots to be counted if they are received up to two weeks after ...

The Maryland law was passed after the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut that killed 20 children and six adults. The shooter was armed with an AR-15, one of the firearms ...