Six months after a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade left seven people dead and dozens more injured, and just one week before the end of the Illinois General Assembly’s lame duck session, lawmakers are continuing negotiations on a bill that would ban assault weapons from being purchased or owned in the state.
Six months after a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade left seven people dead and dozens more injured, and just one week before the end of the Illinois General Assembly's lame duck session, lawmakers are continuing negotiations on a bill that would ban assault weapons from being purchased or owned in the state.
"We’ve never been this close at passing this major gun safety legislation, and there is a chance to do it,” Morgan said. “I think there is a critical mass of not just public support, but in the legislature , that recognizes that we can do something about the massive flow of semi-automatic rifles and this influx of high-capacity magazines and rapid-fire devices."
“A ban can only be as effective as the least-impactful ordinance statute of a neighboring city or state,” he said. With just one week left in the lame-duck session in Springfield, Morgan says there is still time to get the measure across the finish line.Gun violence survivors offered testimonies Monday at the first day of hearings for HB 5855, a wide-ranging gun control bill known as the “Protect Illinois Communities Act.” NBC 5’s Kate Chappell reports.
Republicans have largely been critical of the bill, and several groups, including the Illinois State Rifle Association, have promised legal action if the measure were to pass.The legislation would make it illegal to manufacture, deliver, sell or purchase any assault weapon in the state of Illinois. It would also make it illegal to possess such a weapon 300 days after the final passage of the bill.The bill also makes it illegal to own, purchase or possess .
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