Illinois Becomes 9th State In Union To Ban Dozens Of Firearms

Illinois Democrat Governor J.B. Pritzker signed Legislation Tuesday saw the ban on the manufacture or possession dozens of rapid fire rifles and pistols in.50 caliber and some attachments. This went into effect immediately.

Pritzker has signed the “Protect Illinois Communities Act” Hours after House Democrats secured final passage less that a day after Senate Democrats approved, the legislation was adopted at the State Capitol in Springfield.

“It’s been quite a past 24 hours,” Pritzker stated, “According to Local media. “Yesterday, I began my second term as governor of the great state of Illinois, and today we made history, becoming the ninth state to institute an assault weapons ban and one of the strongest assault weapons bans in the nation.”

According to the bill the law requires Illinoisans to register their firearms with the state if they are already owned.

Gun sellers cannot sell firearms to other states. However, gun owners can keep their guns on private property.

Illinois residents who possess unregistered firearms could be charged with a misdemeanor for the first offense, and a felony for each subsequent offense.

Pritzker reads the names of the victims killed in the Highland Park mass shooting on July 4, 2012. The gunman used a Smith & Wesson M&P15 semiautomatic rifle.

The gunman purchased the firearm legally in 2020 despite the alleged killer’s documented history of threatening and suicidal actions, The Daily Wire previously reported.

Local media reported that the governor called mass shootings a tragedy that was rooted in the facts that “our state and nation have been held hostage by the NRA and their allies time and time again.”

Illinois had some of America’s most restrictive gun laws. Gun control groups rank Illinois high on their lists of gun safety.

Everytown For Gun Safety ranks Illinois as sixth in the country. “Gun Law Strength.”

The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence is a non-profit founded by Gabrielle Giffords, an ex-Arizona Democratic Representative. “A-.”

Many Republican legislators opposed the legislation because it did not prevent crime or counter rulings by U.S. Supreme Court regarding Second Amendment rights.

Blaine Wilhour, a state representative from Beecher City and a member the Republican state House Freedom Caucus slammed Pritzker, as well as other Democrats, for continuing to “allow our Constitution and our freedoms to be shredded.”

“A government unchecked, a government willing to defy our Constitution is a government that is completely out of control,” Wilhour claimed that, according to The Chicago Tribune. “You can sit here and dictate whatever you want today. Maybe the political winds are in your favor here today. But I can tell you that we will not comply and you’re not going to do a darn thing about it because the law, the Constitution and the founding principles are on our side.”

Darren Bailey is a Republican state representative who resigned in a Tweet, “I’ll die on my front porch before anyone takes my guns away.”

“My message to Springfield: If you want my guns, come get them,” Bailey said.

According to a local reporter, Bailey called the acts of lawmakers “inappropriate”. “tyrannous.”

“You also must know that I and millions of other gun owners in this state will not comply,” He added that he would fight against the measure “in court,” because it is against his Second Amendment rights.

I’ll die on my front porch before anyone takes my guns away. Springfield, my message: Come get my guns. #voidthefoid #secondamendment #twill https://t.co/ec2ng6AzPh pic.twitter.com/l4EihJtrfZ

— Darren Bailey (@DarrenBaileyIL) January 10, 2023

The Tribune noted that two House Republicans sided with Democrats and voted in favor of the bill — outgoing House GOP Leader Jim Durkin of Western Springs and state Rep. Bradley Stephens of Rosemont.

However, three House Democrats voted against it, which included state Reps. Anthony DeLuca of Chicago Heights, Mitchael Halpin of Rock Island, and Lance Yednock of Ottawa.

Devore Law Office announced the firm has partnered with other legal professionals to take action against Governor Pritzker and the Illinois General Assembly for passing the new gun law.

Lawyers write that the new law would “severely restrict the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens in Illinois.”

“We plan on bringing a lawsuit in the Illinois state court immediately,” the firm’s website reads. “The state court action will address the unlawful manner of which the general assembly continues to pass laws by playing with procedure. Turning an insurance law into a gun grab at the last second is unacceptable.”

Lawyers argue that the new law is likely to violate recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent concerning Second Amendment rights, adding that banning gun sales and transfers constitutes an overreach they hope the U.S. Supreme Court would not allow to stand.