Bill Text: IL SR2007 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Expresses support for the Illinois counties that are declaring themselves gun sanctuaries for their citizens who wish to exercise their fundamental right under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SR2007 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR2007-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, It is the unalienable right of all citizens to | ||||||
| 3 | keep and bear arms for defense of life, liberty, and property | ||||||
| 4 | under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United | ||||||
| 5 | States of America and the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of | ||||||
| 6 | the State of Illinois; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The legislative and executive branches of the | ||||||
| 8 | State of Illinois have unreasonably and consistently | ||||||
| 9 | encroached on the liberty of Illinoisans who wish to exercise | ||||||
| 10 | the rights secured to them under the Second Amendment to the | ||||||
| 11 | Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights of the | ||||||
| 12 | Constitution of the State of Illinois; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, It is the responsibility of all American citizens, | ||||||
| 14 | governmental units, and elected officials to uphold, with equal | ||||||
| 15 | vigor, all of the "unalienable Rights" with which they are | ||||||
| 16 | "endowed by their Creator" and set forth in the Constitution of | ||||||
| 17 | the United States and the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of | ||||||
| 18 | the State of Illinois; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Certain counties in Illinois have moved to shield | ||||||
| 20 | their Constitutionally-protected right to keep and bear arms | ||||||
| 21 | and the economic benefits derived from the sale and operation | ||||||
| 22 | of firearms from overly-burdensome, unreasonable, and unlawful | ||||||
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| 1 | government regulation; therefore, be it
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| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 3 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we express our support | ||||||
| 4 | for these counties and their decision to provide sanctuary for | ||||||
| 5 | their citizens who wish to exercise their fundamental right | ||||||
| 6 | under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United | ||||||
| 7 | States and the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the State | ||||||
| 8 | of Illinois.
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