(Undated) – The first two lawsuits over the state’s assault weapons ban have been filed. Wood River-based attorney Thomas Maag filed suit Friday afternoon in Crawford County on behalf of three gun owners. These mark the first two lawsuits in what’s expected to be a flurry of litigation against the state’s new law banning the sale and manufacture of assault weapons in Illinois. The assault weapons ban effectively bans Illinoisans from buying new assault-style rifles in the state and requires those who already own such firearms to register those guns with the state police. Illinois is the ninth state to enact some form of a ban on assault weapons.
