The Illinois Senate passes a new ban on high-powered weapons and large-capacity magazines
SPRINGFIELD -- A bill that would ban the sale and manufacture of certain high-powered weapons in Illinois advanced out of the state Senate on Monday, after tweaking that requires it to be sent back to the House before it can be signed by the governor.
The bill was prompted in large part by the July 4 mass shooting in Highland Park that left seven people dead and dozens more injured. The vote was 34-20 in the Senate on Monday. The bill provides a long list of specific weapons that would qualify as"assault weapons," based largely on the federal ban that was in effect from 1994 until 2014.
The legislation would also ban certain weapon attachments, or devices that make other guns resemble high-powered weapons, as well as"switches" -- devices that increase a semi-automatic weapon's rate of fire, effectively turning them into fully automatic weapons.
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