SPRINGFIELD, Ill – State Rep. Nicholas Smith, D-Chicago, helped pass bipartisan gun safety legislation to keep dangerous weapons out of the hands of those who pose an immediate danger to themselves or others. “Republicans and Democrats in the General Assembly worked...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. John Connor, D-Lockport, visited with gun safety activists in Springfield to discuss gun-related violence that continues to plague our country and proposals in the legislature to increase gun safety. “The concerns of these community...
CHICAGO – State Rep. Camille Lilly, D-Chicago, and Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx recently held a community justice symposium to discuss gun safety and community policing with neighborhood residents. “We must work together at all levels to ensure that we are...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – During an Appropriations-Public Safety Committee hearing last week, state Rep. Sonya Harper, D-Chicago, expressed the necessity of restoring funding to the CeaseFire program to fellow lawmakers. The program plays a major role in countering violence...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – In an effort to create increase public safety by bringing about more common-sense gun control measures, state Rep. Marty Moylan, D-Des Plaines, this week announced support for legislation that would increase cross-agency communication to keep guns...