{"id":32679,"date":"2026-03-11T07:33:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T12:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=32679"},"modified":"2026-03-11T07:33:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T12:33:06","slug":"illinois-supreme-court-weighs-challenge-to-state-gun-restriction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/32679-illinois-supreme-court-weighs-challenge-to-state-gun-restriction\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Supreme Court Weighs Challenge to State Gun Restriction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By PETER HANCOCK<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capitol News Illinois<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"mailto:phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Article Summary<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Cook County man is challenging a state law that prohibits people convicted of any felony from ever owning or possessing a firearm.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The U.S. Supreme Court held in 2022 that gun regulations must be consistent with the nation\u2019s \u2018historical tradition\u2019 of regulating firearms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The state argues its statute meets that standard because laws prohibiting felons from owning weapons date back to colonial times.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This summary was written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SPRINGFIELD \u2014 The Illinois Supreme Court began weighing arguments Tuesday in a case that challenges the state\u2019s ability to prohibit people with nonviolent felony convictions from possessing a firearm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At issue is whether state laws governing the possession of firearms conflicts with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/21pdf\/20-843_7j80.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">latest U.S. Supreme Court standard<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the Second Amendment, which says laws that limit a person\u2019s right to bear arms must be consistent with the nation\u2019s \u201chistorical tradition of firearm regulation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Second Amendment protects a core constitutional right, the right to bear arms,\u201d Elizabeth Cook, of the State Appellate Defender\u2019s office, told the court Tuesday. \u201c\u2026 Just as we would agree that a former felon has the right to a jury trial or the right to free speech, so we should presume that every free American is a member of \u2018the people\u2019 and entitled to full constitutional protection, including the right to bear arms.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the issue before the court concerns only one individual and how he was affected by the state law prohibiting anyone with a felony conviction from possessing a firearm, a ruling in his favor could set a precedent for other people with nonviolent felony convictions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The case involves James Benson, who was arrested in Cook County following a domestic dispute with his girlfriend on Christmas Eve in 2021. During the altercation, a .40 caliber handgun was fired, although there was conflicting testimony about who fired the gun and who owned it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benson was eventually convicted of misdemeanor battery, reckless discharge of a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. The latter charge stemmed from Benson\u2019s earlier conviction in 2015 for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon without a Firearm Owner\u2019s Identification card, a felony.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his appeal, Benson argues the statute prohibiting people with felony convictions from possessing firearms is unconstitutional, but only as it was applied in his case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ilga.gov\/legislation\/ILCS\/details?MajorTopic=RIGHTS%20AND%20REMEDIES&amp;Chapter=CRIMINAL%20OFFENSES&amp;ActName=Criminal%20Code%20of%202012.&amp;ActID=1876&amp;ChapterID=53&amp;ChapAct=720+ILCS+5%2F&amp;SeqStart=68600000&amp;SeqEnd=72000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Illinois law<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it is illegal for anyone \u201cto knowingly possess \u2026 any firearm or any firearm ammunition if the person has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this State or any other jurisdiction.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was sentenced to three-year terms on the battery and reckless discharge convictions and four years for the unlawful possession charge, all to be served concurrently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/21pdf\/20-843_7j80.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bruen v. New York State Rifle &amp; Pistol Association<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that established a two-part test for reviewing gun control regulations. The first step asks whether the law infringes on conduct that is protected under the plain text of the Second Amendment, which says, \u201c\u2026 the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If a law or regulation does infringe on protected activity, the second step is to consider whether the regulation is consistent with the historical tradition of regulating firearms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assistant Attorney General Garson Fischer argued the state law is consistent with historical precedents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAnd we know it is because dating back to colonial times, penalties (for unlawful possession of a weapon) far more severe than mere disarmament were imposed on all felons, including nonviolent felons, people convicted of things like counterfeiting and forgery,\u201d Fischer told the court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cook, with the appellate defender\u2019s office, acknowledged there is a long history of regulation in America aimed at keeping weapons out of the hands of people who have demonstrated they pose a danger of violence. But she said there is no rational reason for taking away someone\u2019s constitutional right to bear arms for nonviolent offenses just because they are classified as felonies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn Illinois, we have a lot of felonies that are not characterized by dangerousness,\u201d she said. \u201cFor example, eavesdropping, driving on a revoked license, transporting hazardous waste without a permit, home repair fraud \u2014 these things are all felonies that do not carry any threat of physical violence to another person.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fischer, however, argued that Illinois law allows people with previous felony convictions to obtain a FOID card by petitioning a court and demonstrating they do not pose a danger to the community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe time to do that would have been before he again illegally possessed a firearm, by taking advantage of the mechanism in the FOID card act to petition for the restoration of one&#8217;s firearm rights,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But Cook countered that process is also constitutionally questionable under the Bruen decision because the decision to grant or not grant a petitioner\u2019s request under that process is completely discretionary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The court took the case under review but did not indicate when a decision would be issued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capitol News Illinois<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. 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