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SPRINGFIELD Ill. (WLS) -- The Illinois House passed a modified prohibition connected high-powered weapons and large-capacity magazines aboriginal Friday.
The battle weapons authorities rapidly precocious to the afloat House and aft late-night statement passed connected a 64-43 vote.
The measure would prohibition the manufacture, merchantability and possession of dozens of firearms defined by the authorities arsenic battle weapons.
The Protect Illinois Communities Act was created successful effect to the Highland Park wide shooting.
The measure would instantly extremity the merchantability of battle weapons and would let FOID paper endorsement of bequest weapons with a 300-day grace period. Active-duty and qualifying retired instrumentality enforcement would beryllium exempt
It would besides instantly extremity income of ammunition magazines that clasp much than 12 rounds. A 90-day grace play volition let for the conversion, disposal and transportation of the magazines.
In addition, the measure would make a prohibition and transgression penalties for devices which crook semi-automatic weapons into fully-automatic guns.
A statewide onslaught squad would besides beryllium created astatine the Illinois State Police, successful performance with the DOJ and the ATF to combat the travel of amerciable guns crossed authorities lines into Illinois.
The measure besides extends the duration of a Firearm Restraining Order from six months to up to a year, including renewal FROs.
Governor JB Pritzker, who was successful attendance, released a connection aft the ballot saying successful part, "The radical of Illinois nonstop america to Springfield to tackle pugnacious issues and these bills are historical steps successful the close direction. I look guardant to moving with our colleagues successful the Illinois Senate to get bills addressing these issues to my table truthful I tin motion them arsenic soon arsenic possible."
Representative Barbara Hernandez co-sponsored the measure and said successful part: "As we retrieve families who mislaid dads, moms, children and others owed to weapon unit and those who are survivors, we contiguous passed argumentation that volition enactment connected preventing immoderate different tragedies from happening successful our state."
Republican opponents said the measurement is excessively broad, and bans galore firearms commonly utilized for hunting and athletics shooting, and it adjacent takes distant the quality of radical to support themselves.
"You are turning ineligible weapon owners with this measure into felons," said State Rep. C.D. David Meyer, (R) 100th District.
Gun rights groups said they volition combat this determination successful court, calling the projected instrumentality unconstitutional.
Those that already ain guns connected the database of weapons volition request to beryllium registered with Illinois State Police wrong 300 days.
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