Bill Text: IL HR0015 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges Congress to require replica gun manufacturers to design these guns to be bright colors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-09 - Resolution Adopted [HR0015 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0015-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The House of Representatives recognizes the | ||||||
3 | safety dilemma that replica guns pose to the public and the | ||||||
4 | persons who carry them; and
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5 | WHEREAS, These replica guns are identical in appearance to | ||||||
6 | real firearms and are indistinguishable from fully functioning | ||||||
7 | firearms; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Even law enforcement officers have a difficulty | ||||||
9 | distinguishing them from real firearms; and
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10 | WHEREAS, The inability of law enforcement officers to | ||||||
11 | distinguish replica guns from real firearms has resulted in | ||||||
12 | tragedy such as the incident in Cleveland, Ohio, where a | ||||||
13 | 12-year-old boy, Tamir Rice, who had been reported to police | ||||||
14 | for displaying a gun in a park and was shot dead by police as he | ||||||
15 | reached for the replica gun; and
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16 | WHEREAS, The problem of replica guns is a national issue | ||||||
17 | and should be addressed by uniform legislation by Congress; and
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18 | WHEREAS, We urge the Congress of the United States to enact | ||||||
19 | legislation that would require the manufacturers of replica | ||||||
20 | guns to design them to be distinguishable from real firearms so |
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1 | as to protect the public and law enforcement; therefore, be it
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2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
3 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
4 | urge the Congress of the United States to require replica gun | ||||||
5 | manufacturers to design these guns to be bright colors; and be | ||||||
6 | it further
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7 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this Resolution be | ||||||
8 | presented to each member of the Illinois Congressional | ||||||
9 | delegation.
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