Illinois State Police say any purchase of firearms or attachments the state deems as "assault weapons" from during the six-day injunction against Illinois' gun ban will be illegal after Jan. 1, 2024. In January this year, Gov. J.B. Pritzker enacted a ban on more than 170 semi-automatic firearms and magazines over certain capacities. Part of that includes a registry of already owned guns starting Oct. 1 with the deadline to register being Jan. 1, 2024. When the Southern District of Illinois federal court issued a preliminary injunction against Illinois' gun ban last month, gun stores were busy. Those sales ended six days later when late last week the appeals court put a stay on the injunction. After the injunction was reversed while lawsuits continue, state police said firearms purchased during the injunction will be illegal because they were possessed after the Jan. 10 effective day of the Protect Illinois Communities Act. "Persons who possess a banned firearm