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1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, On February 15, 2019, a disgruntled former |
3 | | employee of the Henry Pratt Company
in Aurora opened fire |
4 | | inside the company warehouse, killing five fellow employees and
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5 | | wounding another; five police officers were also shot and |
6 | | wounded while responding to the
incident, before the gunman was |
7 | | killed in a shootout with law enforcement; and
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8 | | WHEREAS, The gunman responsible for this heinous act of |
9 | | terror was able to obtain the gun he
used to wound and kill |
10 | | innocent victims through a loophole in our Firearm Owners |
11 | | Identification
(FOID) system; despite being convicted of a |
12 | | felony aggravated assault in 1995 in the state
of Mississippi, |
13 | | the gunman obtained a FOID card in January 2014, and when the |
14 | | gunman
applied for a concealed carry license in March 2014, |
15 | | only then did State Police revoke his FOID
card and send him a |
16 | | notice to surrender his firearms and submit a Firearm |
17 | | Disposition Record;
the gunman failed to surrender his weapons |
18 | | and submit the Firearm Disposition Record,
and the State Police |
19 | | did not follow up; this tragic shooting brought to light |
20 | | dangerous gaps in
State law that allowed the shooter easy |
21 | | access to guns; and
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22 | | WHEREAS, We must remember the victims of this senseless act |
23 | | of violence: Clayton
Parks of Elgin, age 32, Trevor Wehner of |