The Supreme Court announced on April 30th that it will be distributing the Harrel v. Raoul for discussion in its May 16th conference. During this conference, the court’s justices will discuss and possibly vote on whether or not to accept the case for hearing. This case is a result of the partnership between your
Illinois State Rifle Association, The Second Amendment Foundation and The Firearms Policy Coalition.
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The Court will be conferencing on our case along with all five of the other cases that were consolidated back in November 2023 by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in their Bevis opinion. This includes cases from the Federal Firearms Licensees of Illinois and the National Shooting Sports Federation. The ISRA would like to congratulate
our fellow 2A advocates in Illinois on their successes in these cases so far.
The Bevis ruling by the Seventh Circuit Court wrongly held that because the firearms prohibited by PICA are to be considered “military” weapons, they do not enjoy Second Amendment protection.
“The Supreme Court set the rules of a historical and traditional Second Amendment analysis in its 2022 Bruen decision. Because the Bevis opinion is so against the Supreme Court’s ruling in Bruen, we are hopeful the Court will accept our Petition and reverse the Seventh Circuit’s egregiously erroneous decision.” said David Sigale, ISRA General Counsel and lead Plaintiffs’ counsel in Harrel.
At the same time, these cases are continuing in the Southern District of Illinois, where discovery and expert witness disclosures have been ongoing, and a trial date is expected to be set soon.
“We would like the Supreme Court to step in now and hopefully prevent us having to go to trial using the faulty legal standard
imposed on us by Bevis,” Sigale stated. “But we, along with the counsel in the other three consolidated cases pending before the Court, will be ready to make our case that the PICA is unconstitutional either way.”
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