A downstate federal judge on Friday ruled that Illinois’ sweeping gun ban is unconstitutional and can no longer be enforced after 30 days. The ruling comes nearly two years after the ban on certain high-powered guns and high-capacity magazines was signed into law by Gov.

A federal judge on Friday struck down an Illinois law banning many semi-automatic firearms, saying it ran afoul of the U.S. Constitution's right to bear arms.U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn of the Southern District of Illinois ruled following a non-jury trial that the law was not "consistent with the nation's history and tradition of firearm regulations,