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  • Illinois bill banning semi-automatics threatens jobs at area gun makers

    05/07/2010 7:47:49 AM PDT · by neverdem · 32 replies · 1,002+ views
    The Dispatch (Moline, Ill.) ^ | May 06, 2010 | Stephen Elliott
    selliott@qconline.com Illinois House members are preparing to vote on a bill to ban the sale of certain firearms by Illinois gun manufacturers to Illinois residents. The legislation would affect four area gun manufacturers -- Springfield Armory and ArmaLite in Geneseo, Rock River Arms in Colona and Lewis Machine and Tool in Milan -- that employ several hundred people. Gun manufacturers say the bill -- and other repeated gun legislation attempts -- put undue stress on their workers while failing to solve the problems associated with crime. The sales prohibition appears in House Bill 5751, sponsored by state Rep. Edward Acevedo,...