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Gov.
Blagojevich, Mayor Daley renew call for state ban on assault weapons
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[JAN. 17, 2006]
CHICAGO -- On the day
before his annual State of the State address, Gov. Rod R.
Blagojevich was scheduled to join Mayor Richard M. Daley, state and
local elected officials, and advocates against gun violence to renew
their call for a statewide assault weapons ban. The federal ban on
assault weapons was allowed to expire more than a year ago,
prompting Illinois lawmakers to propose a bill that would ban the
manufacture, possession and delivery of semiautomatic assault
weapons, assault weapon attachments, large-capacity ammunition
feeding devices and the .50 caliber assault rifle.
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Among those planning to
join the governor and mayor at a noon rally at a Chicago police
station were state Sen. John Cullerton, D-Chicago; state Rep. Edward
Acevedo, D-Chicago; Alderman Ike Carothers, D-29th; Douglas Brown,
first deputy director of the Illinois State Police; Jennifer Bishop
of the Brady campaign; and Thom Mannard from the Illinois Council
Against Handgun Violence.
[News release from the governor's
office]
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