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Bans on bump stocks, body armor move forward in Chicago
The panel also approved a ban on the sale, purchase or possession of body armor, like bulletproof vests, by people other than members of the military, police officers or other emergency responders like firefighters acting in their official capacities.
After the Oct. 1 shooting on the Vegas Strip during a music festival left 58 dead and hundreds more wounded, authorities found a dozen bump stocks the shooter had used to make his semi-automatic assault weapons fire faster. And the man accused of fatally shooting police Cmdr. Paul Bauer on Feb. 13 near the Thompson Center was wearing a bulletproof vest under a jacket, said Ald. Edward Burke, 14th. That, he said, “underscores the need for regulation of these items.”
lengthy felony record. The proposed Chicago ordinance, however, would extend a much wider net than the state prohibition by barring body armor use by all civilians.
The bans are slated for routine approval at the full council meeting Wednesday, when aldermen also are expected to pass a resolution from Mayor Rahm Emanuel calling on Gov. Bruce Rauner and state lawmakers to enact several new gun control measures.
They include raising the legal age to 21 from 18 to buy a semi-automatic assault weapon, banning bump stocks and licensing gun dealers, among other proposals. “These laws are going to be changed,” said Ald. Harry Osterman, 48th, a former state lawmaker. “And if it’s not today or tomorrow, it will happen. We’re going to save lives.”
The Democrat-controlled General Assembly already approved licensing gun dealers, but the Republican governor vetoed that bill days before a tough primary election against a more conservative challenger. State Sen. Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, and Rep. Kathleen Willis, D-Addison, told aldermen they are now trying to round up enough votes to override the veto.
As the City Council panel advanced its legislation, state House Democrats were nearby trying to build support to override Rauner. At a committee hearing at the Bilandic Building, they heard tearful testimony from victims of gun violence who contended state gun licensing would help prevent gun crimes.
“I am not anti-gun,” said Maria Pike, a gun control advocate whose 24-year-old son was shot to death in Logan Square in August 2012. “I am for gun sense. I am for our human beings that live here in the city and in the state. We deserve peace. We deserve our children. We deserve to be able to walk in the parks, to go to theaters, to go everywhere we want to without fear of being shot.”
Bans on bump stocks, body armor move forward in Chicago
The panel also approved a ban on the sale, purchase or possession of body armor, like bulletproof vests, by people other than members of the military, police officers or other emergency responders like firefighters acting in their official capacities.
After the Oct. 1 shooting on the Vegas Strip during a music festival left 58 dead and hundreds more wounded, authorities found a dozen bump stocks the shooter had used to make his semi-automatic assault weapons fire faster. And the man accused of fatally shooting police Cmdr. Paul Bauer on Feb. 13 near the Thompson Center was wearing a bulletproof vest under a jacket, said Ald. Edward Burke, 14th. That, he said, “underscores the need for regulation of these items.”
lengthy felony record. The proposed Chicago ordinance, however, would extend a much wider net than the state prohibition by barring body armor use by all civilians.
The bans are slated for routine approval at the full council meeting Wednesday, when aldermen also are expected to pass a resolution from Mayor Rahm Emanuel calling on Gov. Bruce Rauner and state lawmakers to enact several new gun control measures.
They include raising the legal age to 21 from 18 to buy a semi-automatic assault weapon, banning bump stocks and licensing gun dealers, among other proposals. “These laws are going to be changed,” said Ald. Harry Osterman, 48th, a former state lawmaker. “And if it’s not today or tomorrow, it will happen. We’re going to save lives.”
The Democrat-controlled General Assembly already approved licensing gun dealers, but the Republican governor vetoed that bill days before a tough primary election against a more conservative challenger. State Sen. Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, and Rep. Kathleen Willis, D-Addison, told aldermen they are now trying to round up enough votes to override the veto.
As the City Council panel advanced its legislation, state House Democrats were nearby trying to build support to override Rauner. At a committee hearing at the Bilandic Building, they heard tearful testimony from victims of gun violence who contended state gun licensing would help prevent gun crimes.
“I am not anti-gun,” said Maria Pike, a gun control advocate whose 24-year-old son was shot to death in Logan Square in August 2012. “I am for gun sense. I am for our human beings that live here in the city and in the state. We deserve peace. We deserve our children. We deserve to be able to walk in the parks, to go to theaters, to go everywhere we want to without fear of being shot.”
Bans on bump stocks, body armor move forward in Chicago
