Lake County State Attorney Eric Rinehart called for a nationwide ban on assault weapons after a mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, left at least seven people dead on July 4.
in a press conference held Tuesday near the location of the shooting.
After praising the state's existing red flag laws, Rinehart said"we should also ban assault weapons in Illinois and beyond." The state attorney pointed to the Federal Assault Weapons Ban that Congress passed in 1994 and expired ten years later as an example of a piece of legislation that should be implemented.Under the state's red flag law that has been in effect since 2019, known as the, family members and law enforcement can request a judge to take away a firearm from a person who"poses a danger" to themselves or others.
The effectiveness of the 1994 federal ban is difficult to measure, in part because the law only lasted for a decade and because there's no settled definition of what is a"mass shooting" or an"assault weapon,"
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