Bill Text: IL HR1127 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges Visa, American Express, MasterCard, Bank of America, and J.P. Morgan Chase to reclassify gun sales as high-risk and implement the appropriate precautions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HR1127 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR1127-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Gun violence continues to plague the United States | ||||||
3 | and devastate families, schools, workplaces, and communities; | ||||||
4 | in 2016, 38,658 people died by firearms in the U.S., including | ||||||
5 | 1,490 in Illinois; and
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6 | WHEREAS, 4,349 people were shot in Chicago in 2016, and | ||||||
7 | 3,457
were shot in 2017, 625 of who were killed; and
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8 | WHEREAS, The recent sustained surge in mass shootings has
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9 | further revealed the depth of the gun problem in the U.S.; | ||||||
10 | since
the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, over 400 people have | ||||||
11 | been
shot in over 200 school shootings nationwide; 2017 saw the | ||||||
12 | most
deadly mass shooting in U.S. history when 58 people were | ||||||
13 | killed at a Las
Vegas music festival; and
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14 | WHEREAS, In addition to efforts to enact gun control | ||||||
15 | legislation
at the local and federal levels, the private sector | ||||||
16 | can also
contribute to the effort to reduce gun violence in the | ||||||
17 | United
States; and
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18 | WHEREAS, In the wake of the Parkland shooting, a number of
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19 | companies have taken steps to restrict gun sales: Dick's
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20 | Sporting Goods raised the minimum age for gun sales to 21 and
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21 | ceased sale of all assault-style riles; Walmart also raised
its |
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1 | minimum age for gun sales to 21; and
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2 | WHEREAS, In New York State, the Comptroller has encouraged | ||||||
3 | credit
card and banking companies to consider reclassifying gun | ||||||
4 | sales
as high-risk sales, handling them as they would | ||||||
5 | pornography or
illicit drug purchases; this is yet another way | ||||||
6 | that private
companies can work to reduce the number of gun | ||||||
7 | sales in Illinois
and the United States; therefore, be it
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8 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
9 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
10 | urge Visa,
American Express, MasterCard, Bank of America, and | ||||||
11 | J.P. Morgan
Chase to reclassify gun sales as high-risk and | ||||||
12 | implement the
appropriate precautions; and be it further
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13 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be sent | ||||||
14 | to the
Governor, and to the CEOs of Visa, American Express, | ||||||
15 | MasterCard,
Bank of America, and J.P. Morgan Chase.
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