Bill Text: IL HR0473 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Encourages the 115th United States Congress to pass House Resolution 38 to allow gun owners to carry their firearms in every state without a permit unless his or her state of residence requires one.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HR0473 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0473-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives would like
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3 | to encourage the United States Congress to pass House | ||||||
4 | Resolution 38, which
would require states to allow gun owners | ||||||
5 | to carry their firearms
without a permit unless his or her | ||||||
6 | state of residence requires
one; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Illinois was the 50th and final state to adopt
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8 | concealed carry legislation in 2013, and as of 2017, there are
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9 | over 15 million concealed handgun permits in the United States; | ||||||
10 | and
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11 | WHEREAS, Eleven states do not require residents to possess
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12 | a permit to carry a firearm: Montana, Alaska, Idaho,
Arizona, | ||||||
13 | Kansas, Mississippi, Maine, Vermont, West Virginia,
Arkansas, | ||||||
14 | and Wyoming; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Texas each have over | ||||||
16 | one
million residents with concealed carry permits, and it is
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17 | believed that concealed carry permits stop hundreds of crimes
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18 | each year; and
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19 | WHEREAS, In 2016, Chicago had 762 murders and 3,550
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20 | shooting incidents that included 4,331 shooting victims; it is
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21 | apparent in looking at Chicago (which has some of the strictest
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1 | gun control laws in the country, but highest murder rates) that
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2 | gun control laws do not work; therefore, be it
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3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
4 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
5 | encourage the 115th United States Congress to pass House | ||||||
6 | Resolution 38 to allow
gun owners to carry their firearms in | ||||||
7 | every state without a
permit unless his or her state of | ||||||
8 | residence requires one; and be it further
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9 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
10 | delivered to all members of the 115th United States Congress.
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