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October 2019

We added an Illinois Firearms Restraining Orders page in English and 9 corresponding statutes to the Selected Illinois Statutes page. Spanish translation coming soon!

We updated and reorganized our entire Domestic Violence in the Military section in English. This update involved rewriting many questions using new guidance that had been issued by the Department of Defense, updating outdated links, and adding new resources. Spanish coming soon!

We updated our Ohio State Gun Laws section in English, adding state-specific information to existing questions and reorganizing the entire section to make the information more accessible. We also added one related statutes to the Ohio Selected Statutes section. Spanish coming soon!

We updated the resources on our Nebraska Download Court Forms page.

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