Hun­dreds of gun own­ers ral­ly at Illi­nois State­house

(The Cen­ter Square) – Illi­nois gun own­ers ral­lied at the state capi­tol to show their dis­plea­sure with the state’s gun laws, and express hopes for suc­cess in the courts.  
In Jan­u­ary 2023, Gov. J.B. Pritzk­er enact­ed a ban on more than 170 semi-auto­mat­ic firearms. The mea­sure faces fed­er­al law­suits. Thurs­day in Spring­field, the Illi­nois State Rifle Asso­ci­a­tion host­ed Illi­nois Gun Own­er Lob­by Day where Sec­ond Amend­ment Foundation’s Alan Got­tlieb was the keynote speak­er. 
After address­ing the crowd at a con­ven­tion, Got­tlieb told The Cen­ter Square Illi­nois is key to …