Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Highland Park mayor urge Biden to take federal action on guns
Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering, second from left, and Gov. J.B. Pritzker listen as President Joe Biden speaks July 11, 2022, during an event to celebrate the passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, a law meant to reduce gun violence, on the White House South Lawn.
“We all share a love of freedom. We also share a love of helping our children grow up in a clean and safe society,” Rotering said. “We also share a love and appreciation for our first responders. Our first responders are outgunned by the combat weapons.” “I’m determined to ban these weapons again and high-capacity magazines that hold 30 rounds that let mass shooters fire hundreds of bullets in a matter of minutes,” Biden said. “I’m not going to stop until we do it.”
“There are many, many people that have approached me, that have approached … other people in leadership that it’s time we pass this bill,” state Rep. Robyn Gabel of Evanston, an assistant majority leader in the House, said last week. “When it happens in your own state, I think it hits people a little harder and people recognize the need to do something.”
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