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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 51
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2 | WHEREAS, Illegal interstate firearms trafficking and the | ||||||
3 | gun violence that results from it have become growing problems | ||||||
4 | in all portions of the State of Illinois, other areas of the | ||||||
5 | Midwest, and throughout the nation; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Children and students are too often the victims of | ||||||
7 | gun crimes, in their homes and on our streets, before, after, | ||||||
8 | and during school hours; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Since the current school year started in September | ||||||
10 | 2008, thirty-six Chicago Public School students have been shot | ||||||
11 | and killed; and | ||||||
12 | WHEREAS, In Gun Violence: The Real Costs , a book written by | ||||||
13 | Philip J. Cook and Jens Ludwig, the data collected by the | ||||||
14 | authors show the cost of security in Chicago public high | ||||||
15 | schools to be $41 million a year, and the costs of security in | ||||||
16 | suburban and downstate Illinois schools are similarly rising | ||||||
17 | rapidly; and | ||||||
18 | WHEREAS, Since the federal ban on assault weapons was | ||||||
19 | lifted in 2004, the Chicago Police Department has seized 1,547 | ||||||
20 | such weapons; and
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1 | WHEREAS, According to a five-year study conducted by the | ||||||
2 | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, 43% of | ||||||
3 | all guns seized within five police districts in the City of | ||||||
4 | Chicago originated in Mississippi; and
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5 | WHEREAS, There is an enormous number of illegal guns in | ||||||
6 | Chicago, other areas of Illinois, and throughout the Midwest, | ||||||
7 | and 80% of murder victims in Chicago are killed by guns; | ||||||
8 | therefore, be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
10 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
11 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the Interstate | ||||||
12 | Gun Trafficking Task Force within the Illinois State Police, to | ||||||
13 | consist of the following:
(1) the Director of State Police or | ||||||
14 | his designee; (2) the Illinois Attorney General or her | ||||||
15 | designee; (3) the Cook County States Attorney or her designee; | ||||||
16 | (4) the Sheriff of Cook County or his designee; (5) the | ||||||
17 | Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department or his | ||||||
18 | designee; (6) two appointees of the Governor who are | ||||||
19 | representatives of suburban or downstate law enforcement | ||||||
20 | officials; (7) the Executive Director of the Illinois | ||||||
21 | Association of Chiefs of Police or his or her designee; (8) the | ||||||
22 | Executive Director of the Illinois Sheriffs' Association or his | ||||||
23 | or her designee; (9) a member of the Illinois State's | ||||||
24 | Attorney's Association; (10) a member of the Illinois House |
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1 | chosen by the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives; | ||||||
2 | (11) a member of the Illinois House chosen by the Minority | ||||||
3 | Leader of the Illinois House of Representatives; (12) a member | ||||||
4 | of the Illinois Senate chosen by the President of the Illinois | ||||||
5 | Senate; (13) a member of the Illinois Senate chosen by the | ||||||
6 | Minority Leader of the Illinois Senate; and (14) the DuPage | ||||||
7 | County State's Attorney or his designee; and be it further
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8 | RESOLVED, That all appointments shall be made no later than | ||||||
9 | 45 days following adoption of this resolution; and be it | ||||||
10 | further | ||||||
11 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall study measures that | ||||||
12 | help reduce illegal interstate gun trafficking in Illinois and | ||||||
13 | the harmful effects of such activity; and be it further | ||||||
14 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall choose its chair and | ||||||
15 | other officers and meet at the call of the chair; and be it | ||||||
16 | further | ||||||
17 | RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall serve | ||||||
18 | without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their | ||||||
19 | reasonable and necessary expenses from funds appropriated for | ||||||
20 | that purpose; and be it further | ||||||
21 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall report its findings and |
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1 | recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly on or | ||||||
2 | before December 31, 2010; and be it further | ||||||
3 | RESOLVED, That legislatures of other states in the Midwest | ||||||
4 | are encouraged to create interstate gun trafficking task forces | ||||||
5 | in their respective states, which task forces may cooperate | ||||||
6 | with the Task Force created by this resolution and with each | ||||||
7 | other; and be it further | ||||||
8 | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to | ||||||
9 | the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, the | ||||||
10 | President of the Illinois Senate, the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
11 | Illinois House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
12 | Illinois Senate, the Governor of the State of Illinois, and the | ||||||
13 | Director of the Illinois State Police.
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