Guest Ashley Beasley in dailyherald.com:
Six months ago this week, on July 4, 2022, I had just wrestled my 6-year-old son into an oversized tee shirt emblazoned with a cheerful sun and big block letters spelling out Bob Morgan on it when gunfire rang out. I should have grabbed his hand and ran south. Instead, we ran west toward our home and straight into a giant wave of people propelled by terror and fear.
Seven people were murdered that day in Highland Park, gunned down by a man who opened fire on our hometown Independence Day parade with an AR-15 style weapon. In less than 50 seconds, he shot off 83 rounds that ripped through glass, concrete, bricks, flesh and bone. by signing up you agree to our terms of service It was clear: The grass-roots effort to push HB5855 over the finish line and into law had exploded into an"all hands on deck" fight that was driven by moms. Moms like me who were angry and unwilling to live in fear any longer.
Opponents of HB5855 blame mass shootings on criminals. But the Highland Park shooter who killed Eduardo Uvaldo and six others and left an 8-year-old boy paralyzed and another an orphan had no criminal record when he legally bought his assault weapon. Statistically we know mass shootings are carried out with legally purchased assault weapons.
At one point in the hearings, a witness opposed to the bill expressed frustration that the shooting in Highland Park had sparked the urgency to pass this gun safety legislation while ignoring gun violence problems in Chicago. But again they're wrong. One of the most exciting parts of HB5855 is the creation of an anti-gun trafficking strike force that will work to end gun trafficking.
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