July 17, 2013: Last week, Renzulli Law Firm filed an action on behalf of the National Shooting Sports Foundation challenging the new Connecticut gun control legislation (for more information on this lawsuit click here).  Since then, at least two more legal challenges to other recently enacted legislation have been filed elsewhere in the country:

Illinois
Last year, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals found that Illinois’ ban on concealed carry was unconstitutional and ordered that the law be declared unconstitutional and void unless the Illinois State Legislature revised the law or passed a new law permitting concealed carry.  

Illinois recently complied with that order and became the last state in the U.S. to permit concealed carry when it passed a new concealed carry law on the July 9 deadline set by the Court. The problem, according to a lawsuit filed last week, is that residents will not actually be able to carry concealed firearms for another nine months—a period which the suit claims is too long.  The new law provides the Illinois State Police with 6 months to set up the permitting process only after which residents can submit an application for a permit. The law then permits another 3 months for processing of applications.  According to papers filed with the Court, “the state’s proposed denial of Second Amendment rights for another 270 days is an unacceptable perpetuation of the state’s … infringement of [residents’] Second Amendment rights.” The lawsuit seeks an injunction permitting Illinois residents with valid Firearms Owner Identification  Cards to carry concealed firearms immediately.

Oregon
A group of residents filed suit seeking to declare a newly passed county ordinance invalid.  Among other things, the new ordinance purports to prohibit residents from possessing loaded firearms in any public place in Multnomah County.  But, according to the lawsuit, the county only has authority to enact ordinances affecting unincorporated portions of the county (where only 2% of some 750,000 county residents reside).  The suit seeks a declaration that the county overstepped its authority and that the new ordinance does not apply to residents of five cities in Multnomah County.