United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois Judge Stephen McGlynn has issued an Opinion declaring the State of Illinois’s bans on semi-automatic rifles and magazines to be unconstitutional infringements of the Second Amendment, and has also entered a permanent injunction against the law, commonly known as “PICA”. The Court wrote, “[C]onsidering all[…]
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This past week, the Law Firm of David G. Sigale, P.C. co-presented the case of Evans v. Illinois State Police to the Illinois Supreme Court. The case seeks to reverse an Appellate Court decision holding that the FOID Card Act cannot be used to restore the firearm rights of felons. The Firm is arguing this is an[…]
Sigale Files Lawsuit For Federal Firearm Rights Restoration
Civil Rights, Gun Law, Uncategorized Jan 28, 2021
In 2018, in Kanter v. Barr, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a person convicted of a federal felony, no matter how long ago and no matter how non-violent the nature of the offense, could never have their Second Amendment rights restored. The Court effectively ruled: once a felon, always a felon. This contradicts[…]
As a firefighter, S.M. has dedicated his career to helping others and saving lives in his community. It is fitting to call him a hero. In addition, he is a family man and an all-around decent guy. But in 1994, when he was 18, he got into a fight at a high school party that[…]
First and foremost: I hope everyone is keeping safe and healthy in this unprecedented and extraordinary time of COVID-19, one that is challenging all of us, and I join in all the thank-yous to the medical personnel and first responders who are working so heroically to their own detriment for everyone else’s benefit. It is[…]
The Illinois State Rifle Association recently released a statement on the subject of firearm rights and the new marijuana landscape in Illinois. Long and short, the Illinois State Police has stated it will “not revoke Firearm Owners’ Identification cards based solely on a person’s legal use of adult-use cannabis.” Further, unless the user (for some[…]
The Law Firm of David G. Sigale has filed a Petition for Certiorari in the case of Culp v. Raoul, which challenges the State of Illinois’ concealed carry system which results in law-abiding persons from 45 states being prohibited from filing an application for an Illinois CCL solely based on their state of residence, regardless[…]