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Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg had a message for gun owners concerned about Illinois' new ban on the purchase, sale and manufacture of some high-powered weapons and large capacity magazines: Read the law and "take a deep breath."
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The conversation around assault weapons has gripped Lake County in particular after a gunman fired at least 80 rounds from an AR-15 style rifle at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade last summer, killing seven people and injuring dozens.
Six months since the mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade left seven dead, Illinois lawmakers on Tuesday passed an assault weapons ban.
Six months since the mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade left seven dead, Illinois lawmakers on Tuesday passed an assault weapons ban.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker wasted little time after the state legislature gave final approval to legislation banning the sale and manufacture of so-called assault weapons on Tuesday afternoon, quickl...