Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch aren’t happy with proposed changes by the Illinois Senate on a measure that would ban assault weapons, voicing their strong opposition in separate public statements on Sunday.
, voicing their strong opposition in separate public statements on Sunday.
But there are some sticking points for Senate Democrats, which was anticipated. House Democrats spent months in a working group with advocates and members of Pritzker’s team to craft the bill. Senators were not part of those discussions. Senate Democrats also removed language that would have required gun owners to disclose serial numbers of their assault weapons within 300 days of the law taking effect, amid concerns gun owners would be required to report all of their firearms, not just assault weapons.
"The people of this state deserve a real assault weapons ban, one that has a real accounting of the weapons currently in circulation and a real chance at ceasing the flow of more weapons of war immediately," Pritzker said in his statement, which he also tweeted. "We need a bill that meets the urgency of now and the current version in the Senate falls short.
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