Pass Common Sense Gun Laws in Illinois

The Supreme Court ruling in McDonald v. Chicago confirmed that state and local governments can protect citizens from gun violence through sensible regulation.

You have the power to do something about gun violence. Now is the time to pass laws that can help reduce access to handguns and the lethality of weapons on our streets, including:

Closing the private sale loophole and requiring universal background checks for all handgun sales.

Reducing the lethality of firearms by banning military-style weapons and ammunition.

Keeping illegal handguns off our streets by licensing private handgun sellers and restricting multiple handgun sales.

Increasing gun owner responsibility by requiring reporting of lost and stolen firearms and safe storage.

After the Heller ruling struck down Washington D.C.'s handgun ban and trigger lock requirement in 2008, the District of Columbia proceeded to enact numerous common sense gun laws,  some of which were challenged and upheld in court. Some of the laws enacted include requiring registration for handguns, a ban on assault weapons and large cacpity ammunition magazines, safe use and storage of firearms, reporting lost or stolen firearms to police, and a limit of one handgun registered per person per month.

Across Illinois, from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River, communities are devastated by gun violence. Every single day three people are shot and killed by guns in Illinois and for every person killed by guns, two more are injured. Illinois needs common sense gun laws that keep families, children, law enforcement, and emergency responders safe from gun injury and death.