Posted on 10/15/2021 8:29:45 AM PDT by rellimpank
Illinois lawmakers should divert their attention from maps, maps, maps during their veto session next month to address four important gun safety issues.
Redrawing the legislative and congressional maps that will shape Illinois elections for the next 10 years will be a time-consuming process in the upcoming session, which will run for just six days over two weeks later this month. We get that. And every lawmaker is naturally extremely concerned about what their district will look like.
Other big issues may be on the table, as well, including abortion rights for minors and amending the Health Care Right of Conscience Act.
Editorials But all the same, legislation that could make a difference in quelling the gun violence that has beset Chicago and other towns in Illinois should not be overlooked. We urge the Legislature to take up at least these four issues:
‘Ghost guns’ On Thursday, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart and state Sen. Jacqueline Collins, D-Chicago, called for a ban on “ghost guns,” which are firearms that purchasers assemble themselves. Ghost guns, which don’t have serial numbers and can’t be traced, are showing up on the streets with greater frequency. Because kits for the guns, which can be delivered almost fully assembled, don’t require background checks, criminals banned from normal gun purchases can easily buy them.
Illinois recently enacted a helpful law that requires guns to be traced through a background check even in private sales. Ghost guns weaken that law.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicago.suntimes.com ...
Uh huh.
Illinois has some of the harshest gun laws in the nation.
Course in south Chicago it is ok for youth gang members to have multitudes of guns and shoot each other every day.
Always demanding that law-abiding gun owners be disarmed, and never a word about the carnage on Chicago’s streets.
Strange. Wonder what’s up with that?
They want an NRA Instructor to attend the Legislative Session and show the Representatives how to safely handle a Firearm?
Great idea.
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