Full Text of HR0648 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION 648
| 2 | | WHEREAS, House Resolution 550 of the 97th General Assembly | 3 | | created the Firearm Public Awareness Task Force; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The Firearm Public Awareness Task Force was | 5 | | charged with finding and
analyzing data from states that have | 6 | | concealed carry laws
and the types and number of crimes | 7 | | involving handguns before
and after the date that a concealed | 8 | | carry law went into effect; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Every week there continue to be reports of | 10 | | tragedies and crimes involving firearms; illegal guns continue | 11 | | to flow into Illinois from other states; individuals who are | 12 | | not legally authorized to possess firearms continue to find | 13 | | ways to acquire them and utilize them in crimes; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Since the Firearm Public Awareness Task Force | 15 | | completed its work in March of 2012, gun crimes continue to | 16 | | proliferate and mass shootings are increasing in number and | 17 | | severity: on December 14, 2012, 28 elementary school children | 18 | | were killed and two others wounded in Newtown, Connecticut; on | 19 | | December 2, 2015, 16 people were killed and 24 wounded in San | 20 | | Bernardino, California; on June 12, 2016, 49 people were killed | 21 | | and over 58 wounded in Orlando, Florida; and on October 1, | 22 | | 2017, 58 people were killed and over 515 were wounded in Las |
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| 1 | | Vegas, Nevada; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 3 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the | 4 | | Firearm Public Awareness Task Force is reconstituted; and be it | 5 | | further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, The Firearm Public Awareness Task Force is | 7 | | charged with gathering data and studying the following: | 8 | | (1) Reviewing the previous report compiled by the task | 9 | | force and discussing the effects that concealed carry might | 10 | | have had on the proliferation of crimes involving firearms; | 11 | | and | 12 | | (2) Shootings in Illinois by regions and what might be | 13 | | contributing to more shootings in one area of the State | 14 | | compared to others; and | 15 | | (3) Gun dealers and gun sales that may have led to illegal | 16 | | usage or straw purchases; this should include the number of | 17 | | guns and ammunition sold and any registry concerning | 18 | | ammunition purchases; and | 19 | | (4) The transportation of firearms, especially newly | 20 | | manufactured firearms as they are transported through | 21 | | Illinois; this should include the study of the repeated gun | 22 | | thefts at the Norfolk Southern Rail Yard; and | 23 | | (5) Mental health laws and treatments for those individuals | 24 | | who have access to firearms; and |
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| 1 | | (6) Current laws on handguns and rifles and the states with | 2 | | the best practices; and be it further | 3 | | RESOLVED, That the Firearm Public Awareness Task Force | 4 | | shall be comprised of the following members, all of whom shall | 5 | | serve without compensation: | 6 | | (1) five representatives appointed by the Speaker of | 7 | | the House of Representatives; | 8 | | (2) five representatives appointed by the Minority | 9 | | Leader of the House of Representatives; | 10 | | (3) a representative of the Department of State Police | 11 | | appointed by the Director of the Department; | 12 | | (4) a representative of the Cook County Sheriff's | 13 | | office appointed by the Cook County Sheriff; | 14 | | (5) a representative of the Illinois State's | 15 | | Attorneys' Association appointed by the head of that | 16 | | organization; | 17 | | (6) a representative of the Illinois Fraternal Order of | 18 | | Police appointed by the head of that organization; | 19 | | (7) a representative of the Illinois Sheriffs | 20 | | Association appointed by the head of that organization; | 21 | | (8) a representative of the National Rifle Association | 22 | | of America appointed by the head of that organization; | 23 | | (9) a representative of the Illinois State Rifle | 24 | | Association appointed by the head of that organization; | 25 | | (10) a representative of the Illinois Council Against |
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| 1 | | Handgun Violence appointed by the head of that | 2 | | organization;
and | 3 | | (11) a representative from the Illinois Firearms | 4 | | Manufacturers Association appointed by the head of that | 5 | | organization; and be it further | 6 | | (12) a representative from the Cook County State's | 7 | | Attorney's office appointed by the Cook County State's | 8 | | Attorney; and | 9 | | (13) an individual who advocates for victims of gun | 10 | | violence appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 11 | | Representatives; and | 12 | | (14) a representative from the Illinois Department of | 13 | | Public Health appointed by the Speaker of the House; and be | 14 | | it further | 15 | | RESOLVED, That the Speaker shall designate a member of the | 16 | | task force to serve as the chairperson; and be it further | 17 | | RESOLVED, That the Department of State Police shall provide | 18 | | administrative and other support to the task force; and be it | 19 | | further | 20 | | RESOLVED, That the task force shall hold public hearings | 21 | | and shall issue a written report of its findings and | 22 | | recommendations to the General Assembly before the end of the | 23 | | 100th General Assembly, and upon filing its report, the task |
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| 1 | | force is dissolved.
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