Posted September 13, 2017 12:00 pm by Comments

By AmmoLand Editor Duncan Johnson

New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs Friends or NRA Banquet Oct 17th 2015
Illinois State Rifle Association Constitutional Rights Fundraiser Sept 14th

Illinois State Rifle AssociationIllinois-(Ammoland.com)- Once a year, ISRA Member and Will County Board Member Steve Balich hosts a fundraiser for the Illinois State Rifle Association, (ISRA). The ISRA was founded in 1903 and is the preeminent firearms rights organization in Illinois, representing the interests of over 2,250,000 firearm owners in the state.

The ISRA maintains a group of lobbyists in Springfield and has been instrumental in litigation that has brought profound changes of firearms right’s status in Illinois.

From amicus briefs in key court cases such as Heller v DC, (which reaffirmed that the 2nd Amendment was a fundamental individual right), to cases where ISRA has brought their own suits on behalf of firearms rights such as Wilson v Cook, (first filed in 2007 and is still in litigation and fights Cook County’s ban on so-called Assault Weapons), to McDonald v Chicago, (that overturned the handgun ban in Chicago and incorporated the 2nd Amendment to the states), Ezell v Chicago, (that overturned the ban on shooting ranges in Chicago and has been quoted in many other key 2nd Amendment cases across the country), Shepard v Madigan, (which …Read the Rest

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