After the Illinois Fifth District Appellate Court issued its ruling on the gun ban Temporary Restraining Order case, the mainstream media and national news went to print and airways with factually incorrect information. That information may well get people in trouble if they were to act on the false information as it relates to the gun ban legislation the Governor signed into law on January 10, 2023.
Fox News – “After an appeal from Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, Illinois’ Fifth District appellate court ruled on Tuesday in a 2-to-1 decision that the temporary restraining order can stay in place, and also extends it statewide. Previously, the temporary restraining order only applied to the plaintiffs.” (emphasis added)
Fox 32 Chicago Headline – “CHICAGO – An appellate court has upheld a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against Illinois’ assault weapons ban, and expanded it to cover the entire state.” (emphasis added)
There is nothing in the court’s ruling that expanded the TRO to cover the entire state. Outside of the exempt groups found in the gun ban law, the only others included in the TRO are those who were named in the actual case before the court.
What the ruling does do is establish what all other courts in the state must follow if a similar case is before them. For example, if someone in Rockford, Illinois wanted to file an identical case as the one filed in Effingham the court in Rockford would have to follow what the Fifth District ruled on.
Anyone who thinks they are exempt based on the news media misinformation and sells or buys the weapons outlined in the law they may well find themselves getting arrested and facing a felony crime and jail time.
After speaking with Tom DeVore, the attorney who brought the case before the courts in Effingham, he confirmed the above information as accurate.
Anyone who happened to see Governor Pritzker on CNN recently claiming the first offense in the gun ban bill would be a fine and the second offense a felony needs to know that was also totally false. We will cover that matter in an upcoming article.
This story was originally published by Edgar County Watchdogs. Read the original HERE.
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