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First Hearing on Assault Weapons Ban

 

THE FIRST OF SEVERAL HEARINGS ON THE PROPOSED BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS WAS HELD MONDAY. 

 

HOUSE LAWMAKERS HEARD FROM SEVERAL SUPPORTERS OF THE BAN, INCLUDING THE MAYOR OF HIGHLAND PARK, WHERE THE DEADLY FOURTH OF JULY SHOOTING OCCURRED. PARADE-GOER LAUREN BENNETT ALSO TESTIFIED. SHE WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES THAT DAY.

 

 

THE LEGISLATION BANS ASSAULT RIFLES AND HIGH-CAPACITY MAGAZINES AND RAISES THE AGE TO GET A FOID CARD TO 21. THOSE TESTIFYING IN SUPPORT OF THE MEASURE INCLUDED MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, FAMILY MEMBERS WHO LOST A LOVED ONE DUE TO GUN VIOLENCE AND 16-YEAR-OLD ELLIE LEVY WITH THE GROUP “STUDENTS DEMAND ACTION ILLINOIS.”

 

 

SUPPORTERS SAYS THE BAN IS JUST ONE COMPONENT IN FIGHTING GUN VIOLENCE IN ILLINOIS. THE LEGISLATION ALSO BANS HIGH-CAPACITY MAGAZINES AND RAISES THE AGE TO GET A FOID CARD FROM 18 TO 21. LAWMAKERS SUPPORTING THE BILL SAY IT NEEDS TO BE PASSED NOW BUT STRESSED THAT MORE WILL NEED TO BE DONE TO COMBAT GUN VIOLENCE. THE NEXT HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY.

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