The debate on two key issues moves to the Illinois Senate after the House approves measures on gun control and abortion rights.
Mary Dieudonne-Hill, who lost her daughter to gun violence, speaks during a rally held by gun safety advocates in the rotunda of the state Capitol on Jan. 5, 2023, in Springfield. A ban on semi-automatic weapons, a top campaign promise of Gov. J.B. Pritzker, won Illinois House approval early Friday, Jan. 6.
“The Senate Democratic caucus is committed to enacting the most effective legislation possible,” John Patterson, a spokesman for the Oak Park Democrat, said in a statement. “Senators are giving these proposals an extensive review and careful evaluation.” Democratic state Sen. Ram Villivalam said before the House vote that the Senate was committed to passing bans on high-powered firearms and high-capacity magazines, but would look beyond the bill that passed before taking action.
“Because within three days of the Fourth of July shooting there were more gun deaths throughout the state of Illinois than that day on the Fourth of July in Highland Park. So I failed. And I literally have been carrying that on my shoulders to this moment as we stand here right now.” Paraphrasing the late conservative U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde of Wood Dale, who supported the federal assault weapon ban in the 1990s, Durkin said, “The Founding Fathers did not contemplate these weapons of mass destruction that teenagers and grievance killers would use a bazooka.”
“This bill does not address the real issues and the solutions to those issues,” McCombie said. “It’s going to make it harder for law enforcement to do their job.” “If you’re not frustrated about what you’ve heard out of our leadership’s mouth tonight, you should be. And if you want to know why our numbers dwindle ... you just saw why,” he said to his fellow Republicans.
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