Illinois state Rep. Randy Frese (R-Quincy) | repfrese.com
Illinois state Rep. Randy Frese (R-Quincy) | repfrese.com
By a 2-to-1 vote, an appellate court has upheld a temporary restraining order (TRO) against Illinois' new gun ban law.
State Rep. Randy Frese (R-Quincy) shared an update about the latest court ruling regarding the gun ban law with his constituents on social media.
"The TRO preventing the new gun ban from going into effect has been upheld," he said in a Feb. 1 Facebook post.
The temporary restraining order that Frese referred to was part of a lawsuit filed by Illinois attorney Thomas DeVore on behalf of more than 860 plaintiffs. Effingham County Judge Joshua Morrison issued the TRO.
"Due to the speed with which this bill was passed, the effect to protected classes could not have been considered, nor could the Legislature have studied if this was the least restrictive way to meet their goal," the judge wrote in his ruling, quoted in a WTTW report.
At the end of January, the appellate court voted to uphold Morrison's ruling, FOX 32 reported.
NBC 5 Chicago reported that the appellate court ruled the original lawsuit could proceed and the TRO could remain in place, although in a narrower scope than previously found.
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