[trubluolyguy]

In a press conference before the House Executive Committee's 9-3 vote in favor the ban, the gun makers said they would pull up stakes and take 750 jobs with them if the ban is OK'd.

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Good. This needs to be screamed from the mountaintops that this is what liberal lawmakers stand for, less freedoms and less jobs.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

And less revenue for the state through sales tax. I'm sure these items sell fairly well. The tax revenue may be the main reason the ban is being fought by both parties. I don't know much about IL, though.