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90_HJ0056
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1 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, During the past decade the number of murders by
3 juveniles using guns has skyrocketed by 300 percent; and
4 WHEREAS, From 1993 to 1996, 64 percent of all murders in
5 Illinois involved a handgun; and
6 WHEREAS, In 1996 the FBI reported that firearms were used
7 in 12,260 aggravated assaults, 12,045 robberies, and 585
8 murders in Illinois; and
9 WHEREAS, A U.S. Department of Justice survey of more than
10 7,000 people arrested for felonies found that more than 50
11 percent of the arrestees had illegally obtained a firearm;
12 and
13 WHEREAS, Illinois has a law requiring local law
14 enforcement agencies to track, upon recovery, how and from
15 where an individual under the age of 21 illegally obtained a
16 firearm; and
17 WHEREAS, Cracking down on the illegal gun market at its
18 source would help prevent gun possessions by criminals; and
19 WHEREAS, The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and
20 Firearms maintains a national computerized database system
21 called Project Lead that allows the agency to trace guns
22 found at crime scenes to their original point of purchase;
23 and
24 WHEREAS, The ATF will provide the tracing information to
25 any police department that requests it; and
26 WHEREAS, Tracing all guns used in crimes will help police
27 develop useful investigative leads in solving those crimes
28 and convicting illegal firearms traffickers; and
29 WHEREAS, United States Senator Richard Durbin has
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1 assembled a statewide coalition of law enforcement
2 organizations in support of universal crime gun tracing;
3 therefore, be it
4 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
5 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
6 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we encourage all law
7 enforcement organizations in the State to join together in
8 tracing guns recovered in the commission of a crime.