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A federal court this week sided with the owner of a long-ago planned gun store whose business permit was rejected by Chicago officials over a technicality.

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Controversy arose in late April, after the bill passed in the Illinois Senate and legislative records showed the Illinois Firearms Manufacturers Association dropped its opposition to it.

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Lawmakers in an Illinois House committee advanced a bill this week that has many local gun store owners worried they may soon have to close up shop.

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A bill that would require Illinois gun dealers to be licensed at the state as well as the federal level was passed in the Illinois Senate last week.

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Chicago's City Council has a approved a new ordinance cracking down on party buses, with the measure stopping short of banning guns on the vehicles after tough talk from Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

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Lawmakers in the Illinois Senate passed a bill Thursday that would lengthen prison sentences for repeat gun offenders in the state.

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The Illinois State Rifle Association has condemned recent gun control bills proposed in Illinois, blasting lawmakers the organization says are trying to seek revenge for election losses in November and infringe on the rights of lawful gun owners.

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Gun owners are required to have a Firearms Owners Identification card to legally possess firearms in the state of Illinois, but many with revoked FOID cards still manage to keep their guns.

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Justices in the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal over Illinois concealed carry regulations Monday, keeping in place an Illinois system that requires gun owners to obtain a permit to carry a concealed handgun.

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Where do the guns used in crimes in Chicago come from? The usual answer offered by gun control advocates is that they are brought in from other states.

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Do you think it's possible that, just maybe, this year I could find it under the tree?

The post Dear Santa: I (still) want an Accuracy International in .338 Lapua Magnum for Christmas appeared first on Guns.com.

A trio of gun rights organizations along with ten private citizens filed suit Wednesday against the state of Illinois over its policy of refusing nonresident concealed carry reciprocity.

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