Illinois Lawmakers Embracing Still More Gun Control

By Tom Knighton

The state of Illinois is one of many that seems to fail to understand what gun control actually does. There’s really no impact on the criminals who already have gun and will break laws to obtain even more guns. Instead, it only hurts the average citizen who may want to buy a gun.

Their lack of understanding, however, doesn’t stop them from passing still more gun control.

The Illinois state House on Wednesday passed a 72-hour waiting period for all guns sales while the Senate sent an extreme risk protection order measure and gun dealer licensing act to Gov. Bruce Rauner.

The waiting period expansion, SB 3256, now returns to the Senate after a 72-44 vote House approval while HB 2354, which would establish a so-called “red flag law” to seize guns from those considered at risk, cleared the Senate 43-11 on its final hurdle to the Governor’s desk. However, it is the gun dealer certification program, SB 337, which drew proved the biggest lift for lawmakers — passing the Senate 35-20 — and could be headed to a repeat veto from Rauner.

“This bill took into consideration the governor’s concerns about red tape,” said sponsor of …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms