Illinois lawmakers pass assault weapons ban

Bloomberg

Illinois lawmakers approved a bill that will ban the sale and manufacturing of certain assault weapons in the state.
The state’s Democratic-controlled senate passed the legislation by a margin of 34-20 late Monday after deliberations that started on Sunday, with Governor J.B. Pritzker pushing for the ban at his inauguration speech in the afternoon.
The bill comes in response to rising violence, including a mass shooting that killed seven in the suburb of Highland Park on the Fourth of July.