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Pritzker says “Enough is enough,” claims Senate gun bill “falls short” of a “real assault weapons ban”

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* From Gov. Pritzker…

Every time a weapon of war is used to inflict the maximum amount of damage in the shortest amount of time we mourn for the lives lost and communities shattered.

Enough is enough.

The people of this state deserve a real assault weapons ban, one that has a real accounting of the weapons currently in circulation and a real chance at ceasing the flow of more weapons of war immediately. We need a bill that meets the urgency of now and the current version in the Senate falls short.

That’s about as close to an outright veto threat as you can get. Combine that with Speaker Welch’s criticisms and the Everytown statement, and that Senate bill looks DOA.

posted by Rich Miller
Sunday, Jan 8, 23 @ 5:04 pm

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