Benjamin Schoenthal v. Kwame Raoul
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · No. 24-2643
👎Unfavorable to gun rights
Reversed the district court and upheld Illinois's ban on carrying firearms on public transit.
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What the court held
Three Illinois concealed carry licensees challenged the Firearm Concealed Carry Act's prohibition on carrying loaded, accessible firearms on buses, trains, and other publicly funded transportation, and the district court declared the ban unconstitutional as applied to them. The Seventh Circuit found the plaintiffs had standing but reversed on the merits, holding that the transit restriction fits within a long tradition of limiting firearms in sensitive, crowded, and confined places and therefore does not violate the Second Amendment. The court rejected the state's alternative theories that the law was insulated from Bruen as an exercise of proprietary power or as a condition on public funding.
Summarized from the court's opinion.
What this case is about
Illinois Firearm Concealed Carry Act ban on carrying on public transportation
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Key Dates
- 2025-09-02 — Decided
- 2025-05-28 — Argued
Sources
- CourtListener — retrieved 2026-08-08
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