HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The mayor of Highland Park, where a deadly mass shooting took place during last year’s Fourth of July parade, says the court ruling on the assault weapons ban is “disappointing.”
A judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday blocking the new Illinois law banning assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines.
Effingham County Judge Joshua Morrison issued the order after former Republican candidate for attorney general Tom DeVore sued to block the law. DeVore said he's representing hundreds of people from dozens of counties who argue the law violates their constitutional rights.
Mayor Nancy Rotering issued the following statement in response to the ruling:
“Our communities are under the constant threat of random gun violence. A common denominator in so much of our heartache and grief is assault weapons. After finally attaining some relief, political grandstanding and ego are standing in the way of our opportunity to regain some freedom to live free from fear.”
She also wrote, “It is sad that the plaintiffs in this and other cases feel it is more important to allow the public to access combat weapons than to protect our human right to live freely in our communities.”
“I stand with the State of Illinois as it zealously defends the constitutionality of this law, the validity of which we are confident will ultimately be upheld," Rotering concluded.
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