Illinois Democrats: Limit Guns In State, Chicago
From the Associated Press
Illinois Democrats said Wednesday they won't wait for Congress to act on gun-control legislation and planned to press ahead with a statewide ban on assault weapons and tighter firearms restrictions in Chicago in the wake of the Connecticut school massacre.
Legislation already has been filed in the state Senate that would restrict semiautomatic assault rifles and rapid ammunition feeders, despite failed attempts at such measures in the final days of the last General Assembly's session earlier this month.
They know they're in for a struggle. Hundreds of people sought to testify against the restrictions, which were approved by a committee but never reached the Senate floor during the recently concluded lame-duck session.
"We have a responsibility to push ahead without waiting to see if maybe the feds will do something before the next millennium," said House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie.
The Chicago Democrat was the chief co-sponsor of a proposed House ban that was abandoned last week without a vote.
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From the Associated Press
Illinois Democrats said Wednesday they won't wait for Congress to act on gun-control legislation and planned to press ahead with a statewide ban on assault weapons and tighter firearms restrictions in Chicago in the wake of the Connecticut school massacre.
Legislation already has been filed in the state Senate that would restrict semiautomatic assault rifles and rapid ammunition feeders, despite failed attempts at such measures in the final days of the last General Assembly's session earlier this month.
They know they're in for a struggle. Hundreds of people sought to testify against the restrictions, which were approved by a committee but never reached the Senate floor during the recently concluded lame-duck session.
"We have a responsibility to push ahead without waiting to see if maybe the feds will do something before the next millennium," said House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie.
The Chicago Democrat was the chief co-sponsor of a proposed House ban that was abandoned last week without a vote.
Read more in our daily News Update...