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Correction: Illinois-Semiautomatic Weapons Ban-Lawsuit story

Jan 24, 2023, 4:09 AM | Updated: Jan 25, 2023, 11:51 am
FILE - Assault style weapons are displayed for sale at Capitol City Arms Supply on Jan. 16, 2013, i...

FILE - Assault style weapons are displayed for sale at Capitol City Arms Supply on Jan. 16, 2013, in Springfield, Ill. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, asked a state appellate court to dismiss a temporary restraining order on Illinois' new ban on semiautomatic weapons. The two-week-old law was adopted in response to the 2022 mass shooting at the July 4th parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — In a story published January 24, 2023, about a lawsuit against Illinois’ ban on semiautomatic weapons, The Associated Press erroneously reported the location of Benton, Ill. It is about 100 miles (161 kilometers) southeast of St. Louis, not nine miles (about 14 kilometers) northeast.

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Correction: Illinois-Semiautomatic Weapons Ban-Lawsuit story