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Illinois Supreme Court finds assault weapons ban constitutional (abcnews.go.com)
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The Illinois Supreme Court found the state's assault weapons ban constitutional. It was passed after the Highland Park shooting last year.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can you share a source? I'm very surprised to hear that they specified well-regulated militia when they just meant basically everyone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The militia act as mentioned by somebody else is a modern redefining and still includes the definition of basically every man. To be clear, the well regulated militia is merely a reason for the people (everyone) to keep and bear arms. Not the qualifier of who should be allowed.

Unorganized militia – comprising the reserve militia: every able-bodied man of at least 17 and under 45 years of age, National Guard, or Naval Militia.