Illinois Democrats are getting ready to hold committee hearings on a bill that would mandate all “assault weapons” to be registered with the state and mandate that owners of the guns pay a fee.
Democratic State Representative Bob Morgan sponsored the legislation, which also features several other firearm prohibitions. The bill received its hearing on December 12, 2022.
Morgan tweeted: “We’ve had many people contact my office on how to be involved in ensuring safe gun legislation for our state gets passed. The first hearing for HB5855 will be on Mon, Dec 12th. If you have any questions on how to submit a witness slip, please see the linked tweet below!”According to a WGN-TV report, Morgan’s bill prohibits “assault weapons.” In addition, it prohibits “high-capacity magazines and rapid-fire devices…[and would] raise the age of obtaining a FOID [Firearm Owners Identification] card from 18 to 21 unless the person applying for the card is a member of the military.”
