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The Illinois Legislature has a chance to save lives by reducing gun violence. But it must act quickly.
The local firearms toll is staggering. In Chicago alone, 769 people were killed in 2020, mostly by guns. More than 4,000 were shot. Just over this past holiday weekend, 30 were shot and six were killed. Gun violence also has increased in cities around the state.
Illinois does not have to meekly accept such horrific mayhem.
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Legislation called the Block Illegal Ownership bill would plug legal loopholes through which guns flow to the criminals who turn streets into killing zones. It passed in the House in 2020 but stalled in the Senate as the Legislature took fewer votes during the pandemic.
Year of surging gun violence adds to urgent need to plug loopholes in Illinois gun laws
The Illinois Legislature has a chance to save lives by reducing gun violence. But it must act quickly.
The local firearms toll is staggering. In Chicago alone, 769 people were killed in 2020, mostly by guns. More than 4,000 were shot. Just over this past holiday weekend, 30 were shot and six were killed. Gun violence also has increased in cities around the state.
Legislation called the Block Illegal Ownership bill would plug legal loopholes through which guns flow to the criminals who turn streets into killing zones. It passed in the House in 2020 but stalled in the Senate as the Legislature took fewer votes during the pandemic.
The dam is eroding …
An great candidate who isn’t tied to Madigan, glad she’s running.
She didn’t attend the meeting of either the Black or Latinx caucus. I wonder what they will think of this.
And what her reasons for not attending were.
Fav Human…she may have just decided to run for speaker after both Black/Latinx caucuses met - I hope?
Tick-tock..tick-tock..
Waiting on MJM to tell spokesperson Brown, CoS, and senior staff to..start packing. “no way around this.”
I like the focus on the environment and the plight of working women. Ready for this change.