AT ITS MOST RECENT MEETING, THE ILLINOIS HOUSE PUBLIC SAFETY AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION TASK FORCE HEARD IDEAS FOR CURBING GUN CRIMES. 

SOME GROUPS PROPOSED TOUGHER GUN LAWS. KATHLEEN SANCES (san-sis), PRESIDENT OF GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION PAC, RECOMMENDED UPDATING THE STATE’S FOID CARD PROCESS, INCLUDING:

ED SULLIVAN WITH THE ILLINOIS STATE RIFLE ASSOCIATION SAID MORE GUN LAWS, LIKE A BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS, WOULDN’T REDUCE CRIME, BUT WOULD INSTEAD LEAD TO MORE RACIAL DISPARITY.

OTHER SUGGESTIONS RANGED FROM A BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS TO A PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON SAFE FIREARM STORAGE. 

2ND AMENDMENT RIGHTS ADVOCATES SAID MORE LAWS WON’T STOP GUN VIOLENCE AND WOULD LIKELY BE CHALLENGED IN COURT.