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The bill was passed by the House on June 24 by a vote of 234–193, with 14 Republicans voting in favor alongside all 220 Democrats. [13] The bill was signed into law by President Joe Biden on June 25, 2022. [14] It was the first major federal gun legislation to be passed since the Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994. [13]
The Protect Illinois Communities Act (formally known as Public Act 102–1116) is an assault weapons ban signed into Illinois law on January 10, 2023, by Governor J. B. Pritzker, going into immediate effect. [1] The Act bans the sale and distribution of assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, and switches in Illinois.
The assault weapons ban tried to address public concern about mass shootings while limiting the impact on recreational firearms use. [15]: 1–2 In November 1993, the ban passed the United States Senate. The author of the ban, Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and other advocates said that it was a weakened version of the original proposal. [16]
Illinois enacted the Protect Illinois Communities Act in January 2023. The law prohibits the sale and possession of certain semi-automatic rifles, shotguns and handguns, and magazines over certain ...
That bill listed dozens of makes and models it would ban. A similar bill also failed in the House during the 2023 session. Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, the top pro-gun lobby group in the state ...
The ban against the delivery, sale, import and purchase of hundreds of guns, including semiautomatic rifles, shotguns and handguns was put into place in the wake of the deadly mass shooting at the ...
The 10-year ban was passed by the U.S. Congress on August 25, 1994, and was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on September 13, 1994. [1] The ban applied only to weapons manufactured after the date of the ban's enactment. It expired on September 13, 2004, following its sunset provision. Several constitutional challenges were filed ...
(The Center Square) – A new bill in the Ohio Legislature would bring the state in line with federal law and bar people convicted of domestic violence from having guns or dangerous weapons.