GOVERNOR J-B PRITZKER PARTICIPATED IN A GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION TALK LAST NIGHT, DISCUSSING WHAT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE. 

AT TEMPLE JEREMIAH IN NORTHFIELD, THE GOVERNOR TALKED ABOUT ILLINOIS’ BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS, WHICH IS BEFORE A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT AND SAID A NATIONWIDE BAN IS NEEDED. HE WAS ASKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SAFE STORAGE LAWS.

THE GOVERNOR WAS ASKED ABOUT VARIOUS GUN CONTROL IDEAS. ONE IS REQUIRING GUN OWNERS TO HAVE LIABILITY INSURANCE. HE SAID THAT’S WORTH LOOKING INTO.

GOVERNOR PRITZKER WAS ALSO ASKED ABOUT TAXING AMMUNITION TO HELP REDUCE GUN CRIMES BUT HE SAID THE U-S SUPREME COURT WOULD SHUT THAT DOWN.