Supreme Court declines to put hold on Illinois gun ban

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58% : SPRINGFIELD -- For the second time in six months, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request from gun rights advocates to put a hold on Illinois' sweeping gun ban, the latest decision coming as the deadline approaches for owners to register prohibited firearms they owned prior to the law's effective date.
47% : The registration process began Oct. 1, and state records as of Dec. 8 show that 6,141 gun owners have registered nearly 12,100 guns and about 6,250 firearm accessories or other firearm components covered by the ban.
35% : Speaking to reporters outside the Governor's Mansion following a Hanukkah event on Thursday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker again defended the gun ban, saying he believes "as everybody that voted on the law and voted for it, that this is not only a legal undertaking, an appropriate undertaking to keep and safeguard the people of the state of Illinois, but a constitutional one too."The ban has been the subject of intense legal wrangling on the state and federal levels ever since Pritzker signed it into law on Jan. 10, six months after a mass shooting during a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park left seven people dead and dozens more hurt.

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