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Tag: Gun Violence

Gun rights advocates file legal challenges to assault weapons ban

Gun rights advocates file legal challenges to assault weapons ban

— January 17, 2023

SPRINGFIELD – A trio of gun owners and a firearms retailer in southeastern Illinois have filed the first two lawsuits in what’s expected to be a flurry of litigation against the…

  • Pritzker signs assault weapon sales, manufacturing ban

    Pritzker signs assault weapon sales, manufacturing ban

    — January 10, 2023

    On the first full day of his second term, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday signed a bill banning the sale, distribution and manufacture of high-power assault weapons, .50 caliber rifles…

  • Lawmakers hear more pleas for assault weapon ban

    Lawmakers hear more pleas for assault weapon ban

    — December 15, 2022

    SPRINGFIELD – A legislative committee on Thursday heard more witnesses call for a ban on high-power, semi-automatic rifles and large-capacity magazines, but some experts said that…

  • Highland Park vigil held to remember victims of July 4 shooting

    Highland Park vigil held to remember victims of July 4 shooting

    — July 14, 2022

    Nine days after the horrifying events of July 4, people congregated on the front lawn of the Highland Park City Hall for a Community vigil July 13. The vigil was held in response to…

  • Public Safety Act to drive funds to state’s most dangerous areas

    Public Safety Act to drive funds to state’s most dangerous areas

    — December 10, 2021

    SPRINGFIELD – A state program aiming to take a “comprehensive approach to ending Illinois’ firearm violence epidemic” will be expanded under a law signed Friday, Dec. 10…

  • Illinois House advances assault weapons ban, Senate will review

    Illinois House advances assault weapons ban, Senate will review

    — January 6, 2023

    SPRINGFIELD – A bill that would ban the sale and manufacture of assault weapons in Illinois advanced out of the state House on Thursday and now awaits action in the Senate. The bill…

  • Preckwinkle announces $75 million in grants to fight gun violence

    Preckwinkle announces $75 million in grants to fight gun violence

    — August 11, 2022

    Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle was joined Aug. 11 by Cook County Commissioners Brandon Johnson, Dennis Deer, Frank Aguilar, Alma Anaya and Bridget Degnen and Avik Das,…

  • ISP director talks challenges facing the agency

    ISP director talks challenges facing the agency

    — March 10, 2022

    SPRINGFIELD – Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly told a state violence prevention task force this week that expressway shootings, gun trafficking, trooper staffing levels…

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