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Chatsworth, IL — The Illinois State Rifle Association welcomes today’s decision by the Supreme Court of the United States to grant a writ of certiorari in Viramontes v. Cook County, a major Second Amendment case
challenging Cook County’s so-called “assault weapons” ban.
The Court also granted certiorari in a similar challenge to Connecticut’s ban. Both cases are expected to be heard during the Supreme Court’s 2026–2027 term, which begins in October.
This is a significant development for law-abiding gun owners in Illinois and across the country. For too long, Cook County and other anti-Second
Amendment jurisdictions have attempted to ban commonly owned firearms that millions of Americans lawfully possess for self-defense, sport shooting, hunting, and other lawful purposes.
“This is an important moment for Second Amendment rights in Illinois,” said the Illinois State Rifle Association. “Cook County’s ban targets law-abiding citizens, not criminals. The Supreme Court now has an opportunity to reaffirm that commonly owned firearms
are protected by the Second Amendment and that local governments cannot simply ban firearms they politically dislike.”
Attorney David Sigale, who represented the Second Amendment Foundation in the Viramontes case at the district court level, will be working with plaintiffs in other Illinois consolidated cases to provide supporting arguments through an amicus brief before the Supreme Court.
