McHenry County's challenge to the Illinois assault weapons ban has been moved to federal court after a hearing Monday.
Meanwhile there have been other legal challenges to the ban in recent days. Kenneally spoke after a brief court hearing Monday morning.
"I think that this bill one of the problems with this bill is that a criminalizes vast swaths of the Illinois population, including many in McHenry County, and that's not legislation in furtherance of the public good or of what we need here in Illinois that seems to be highly political and also problematic," Kenneally said.
It also bans weapons with a variety of attachments and magazines capable of holding 15 or more rounds for handguns and 10 or more rounds for long guns., temporarily blocking the law from being enforced on anyone involved in that suit. The Illinois attorney general said he is prepared to defend the state law in court and said the law is an important tool in the fight to protect Illinois residents from gun violence.
Now the case is going to federal court and may get consolidated with others. The timeline on a resolution remains unclear.
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