Illinois lawmakers clear path for assault weapon registration rules
The rules are the result of an assault weapons ban that state lawmakers passed last year.
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The rules are the result of an assault weapons ban that state lawmakers passed last year.
A bipartisan panel of Illinois lawmakers approved guidelines Tuesday covering how state police will maintain and enforce a registry of gun owners who possess high-powered firearms that are now banned. The requirement for residents who possessed guns covered by the ban before it took effect on Jan. 10, 2023, to register those firearms by Jan. 1 has been one of the law’s most controversial ...
The top committee of lawmakers objected to the latest version of rules to implement the registry Tuesday, but the law is still in effect.
Despite legislators objecting, Illinois’ gun ban rules remain in effect
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (IRN) -- Despite an objection motion from the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules being approved, permanent rules for Illinois' gun ban