Full Text of HR1127 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Gun violence continues to plague the United States | 3 | | and devastate families, schools, workplaces, and communities; | 4 | | in 2016, 38,658 people died by firearms in the U.S., including | 5 | | 1,490 in Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, 4,349 people were shot in Chicago in 2016, and | 7 | | 3,457
were shot in 2017, 625 of who were killed; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The recent sustained surge in mass shootings has
| 9 | | further revealed the depth of the gun problem in the U.S.; | 10 | | since
the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, over 400 people have | 11 | | been
shot in over 200 school shootings nationwide; 2017 saw the | 12 | | most
deadly mass shooting in U.S. history when 58 people were | 13 | | killed at a Las
Vegas music festival; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, In addition to efforts to enact gun control | 15 | | legislation
at the local and federal levels, the private sector | 16 | | can also
contribute to the effort to reduce gun violence in the | 17 | | United
States; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, In the wake of the Parkland shooting, a number of
| 19 | | companies have taken steps to restrict gun sales: Dick's
| 20 | | Sporting Goods raised the minimum age for gun sales to 21 and
| 21 | | ceased sale of all assault-style riles; Walmart also raised
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| 1 | | minimum age for gun sales to 21; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In New York State, the Comptroller has encouraged | 3 | | credit
card and banking companies to consider reclassifying gun | 4 | | sales
as high-risk sales, handling them as they would | 5 | | pornography or
illicit drug purchases; this is yet another way | 6 | | that private
companies can work to reduce the number of gun | 7 | | sales in Illinois
and the United States; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 9 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 10 | | urge Visa,
American Express, MasterCard, Bank of America, and | 11 | | J.P. Morgan
Chase to reclassify gun sales as high-risk and | 12 | | implement the
appropriate precautions; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be sent | 14 | | to the
Governor, and to the CEOs of Visa, American Express, | 15 | | MasterCard,
Bank of America, and J.P. Morgan Chase.
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