On Monday evening, the Illinois state Senate passed an assault weapons ban bill with some changes to the version passed by the House on Friday. The bill will now return to the House for a concurring vote.
Among the key measures included in the bill are an immediate ban on the sale and possession of defined assault weapons, although current legal owners may continue to keep their weapons under a grandfather clause. The ban also includes .50-caliber rifles and cartridges and rapid fire devices known as “switches.” Magazines will have a limit of 10 bullets for long guns and 15 for handguns.
Speaking on the floor of the Senate chamber, Pritzker’s former gubernatorial opponent Republican state Sen. Darren Bailey opposed passage of the bill and suggested many gun owners may refuse to abide by it if it is indeed signed into law. “The major changes that occurred in the last 24 hours, and certainly since last week when the House the bill was passed, is to expand and at the same time tighten up the definition of what is an assault weapon. That’s a very important thing. Those states that have had assault weapons bans have experienced the gun manufacturers continually trying to do modifications to end-run around the definitions,” said Patton.
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