Gov. J.B. Pritzker made an emotional appeal Monday for Illinois to ban military-style, assault weapons after taking the oath of office for a second term.
"Why do we allow anyone to easily purchase a rapid-fire, high-capacity weapon that can kill dozens of unarmed people in under a minute," Pritzker asked.are fighting among themselves over details of a proposed assault weapons ban.
State Senate President Don Harmon said a version approved by the Illinois House over the weekend has serious flaws. "It’s a bit out of date and also contains an exemption for an AR-15 model. There is arguably no weapon more associated with mass murders than the AR-15 assault rifle," said Harmon . "The list in this proposal contains no such exemption. Similarly, the TEC-9 is on the list, but the TEC-22, a different caliber version of the same assault weapon is not, although it is just as deadly.
In addition to banning new sales of and possession of new military-style weapons, gun control advocates would require current owners of such firearms to register them with the state by make and serial number. And they'd limit how many rounds could be loaded at one time into the weapons.
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