Registration now open for Illinois residents who personal assault weapons

An endorsement affidavit is now obtainable for Illinois residents who’re required to register their assault weapons beneath a brand new ban signed into legislation by Gov. J.B. Pritzker earlier this yr.

The affidavit have to be submitted by Jan. 1, 2024.

Individuals in Illinois who possessed assault weapons, assault weapon attachments, .50 caliber rifles and .50 caliber cartridges earlier than the legislation was handed should submit the affidavit, however giant capability ammunition feeding units don’t require one.

Weapons received’t be confiscated because of the brand new legislation, however the registration affidavit remains to be required.

The Shield Illinois Communities Act took impact instantly when Pritzker signed the invoice Jan. 10 and has spurred a flurry of courtroom challenges since then. The Illinois Supreme Courtroom upheld the constitutionality of the legislation in a 4-3 vote final month following a lawsuit filed by state Rep. Dan Caulkins, R-Decatur.

Opponents of the legislation have vowed to hunt out avenues in federal courtroom to problem it as soon as once more.

“Pritzker and Illinois Democrats have criminalized lots of of hundreds of authorized gun house owners,” Caulkins advised the Chicago Solar-Occasions after the state Supreme Courtroom ruling, including he’s assured the ban “will ultimately be overturned” in federal courtroom.

The affidavit will be submitted via the Illinois State Police Firearms Services Bureau web site utilizing a resident’s FOID card account. A tutorial video is out there on the web site.