State lawmakers in January passed and Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law a measure that would ban assaultstyle rifles and highcapacity magazines . Those who already own such rifles face limitations on their sale and transfer and must register them with the Illinois State Police by . That law faced immediate lawsuits in state and federal court arguing it violated the Illinois and US constitutions . A Macon County Circuit Court judge found earlier this year that exemptions to the law including for law enforcement officers and armed guards at federally supervised nuclear sites violated the equal protection clause of the states constitution . The Illinois Supreme Court agreed to fasttrack the states appeal . has reached out to the Illinois Attorney Generals Office and counsel for the plaintiffs for comment but have not yet heard back . This story has been updated with additional details. This article has not yet been updated to clarify. This story was updated with further details. In a page opinion the Illinois Supreme court has not commented on the status of this article. In an opinion the state Supreme Court reversed the circuit courts judgment. In the opinion the court reversed the decision. in an opinion. in the opinion. In this article we have asked for comment. to clarify that the state attorney general’s office and counsel to comment. We are happy to provide an additional information. We do not know if we have received any further information regarding the state Attorney General’s response to this comment. In fact, we have been asked to clarify this. We have not received any additional information regarding this information. in this article, we are pleased to clarify the statement. We wish to clarify it. We ask for clarification. We asked for clarification to clarify whether it was a clarification. The state. to provide further information. In