highland park banned assault weapons from the city. that happened just a few months after sandy hook, were 26 little kids and their teachers were gunned down at their elementary school in connecticut. democrats in congress try to pass a federal assault weapons ban which was swiftly blocked by republicans. so members of the highland park city council took it into their own hands. they rode up a new city ordinance that designs designated assault weapons as a risk to public safety. they said in no situation are military style weapons are justified means of self-defense in highland park. and then they voted to ban all assault style weapons and high capacity magazines from their community. but there s one other interesting part of that particular city ordinance that i want to highlight tonight. take a look at this. it s towards the bottom. it says, quote, the city has
actually more than tua day almost. just last week, and president biden signed by new law gun legislator into law, the most consequential and expensive bill of its kind in decades. during the signing ceremony, he said, the families of the victims of recent shootings told him, quote, for god sake, just do something! the president said, quote, today we did. he said lives will be saved. that was on june 25th. the law he signed strengthened background checks for buyers, younger than 21. it s right in the boyfriend loophole. it set aside funds for mental health resources, in states where the laws, the law does not ban assault style weapons. now let me tell you, i have been covering the shootings on the ground from the scene, for years. and they all have assault style weapons. that s what about a week by the way, after that signing, i m actually killed seven people on
and they all have assault style weapons. that s what about a week by the way, after that signing, i m actually killed seven people on july 4th, right here, where the assault weapon leaving the highland park to be the latest community to gain national attention as a target of mass violence. these are the two main newspapers in chicago. these are today s front covers. the chicago tribune says, holiday horror, the sometimes says, harbor on the fourth. officials here are still not sure what motivated the highland park shooter, but it seems clear, that ready access for these weapons of war, allowed him to inflict as much damage as he did. joining me now is congressman brad schneider, he s a democrat from illinois, who represents highland park. he was at the parade when the shots were fired. congressman, good to see you. thank you for being with us. this is the route along which the parade was going, where the shots were fired. you are moving your way between count. but for parades you are
highland park banned assault weapons from the city. that have been just a few months after sandy hook, were 26 little kids and their teachers were gunned down at their elementary school in connecticut. democrats in congress try to pass a federal assault weapons ban which was swiftly blocked by republicans. so members of the highland park city council took it into their own hands. they rode up a new city ordinance that designs designated assault weapons as a risk to public safety. they said in no situation or military style weapons are justified means of self-defense in highland park. and then they voted to ban all assault style weapons and high capacity magazines from their community. but there s one other interesting part of that particular city ordinance that i want to highlight tonight. take a look at this. it s towards the bottom. it says, quote, the city has previously incurred the governor and the illinois general assembly to enact statewide legislation banning
banned assault weapons from their city. that happened just a few months after sandy hook, 26 little kids and their teachers were gunned down at their elementary school in connecticut. democrats in congress tried to pass a federal assault weapons ban which was swiftly blocked by republicans. members of the highland park city council took it into their own hands. they wroup a new city ordnance designated assault weapons as a risk to public safety. they said that in no situation are military-style weapons a justified means of self defense in high land park. and then they voted to ban all assault style weapons and high capacity magazines from their community. but there s one other interesting part of that particular city ordnance that i want to highlight tonight. take a look at this. it s toward the bottom and says, quote, the city previously encouraged the governor and illinois assembly to enact statewide legislation banning the sale and possession of assault weapons.