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 Message 144 
 Andrew Leary to Mike Powell 
 IL Gun and Magazine Ban 
 18 Dec 24 23:56:35 
 
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Hello Mike!

17 Dec 24 09:17, you 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.

Good!  Hopefully this will end up as a basis for challenging Connecticut's 
unconstitutional "assault weapon" and "large-capacity magazine" bans.

Andrew

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