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HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to lessen the illegal acquisition of
4firearms in the State; and
5 WHEREAS, Many criminals obtain firearms illegally through
6theft from freight rail cars; and
7 WHEREAS, We wish to decrease the amount of firearms
8illegally acquired through freight theft; and
9 WHEREAS, Illinois is statistically in the top ten states
10for freight theft nationwide; and
11 WHEREAS, There were 2,987 shooting victims in the City of
12Chicago in 2015; someone in Chicago was shot at a rate of one
13every 2.93 hours in 2015 and as of December 1, 2016 there have
14been 4,089 shooting victims in 2016 resulting in a shooting on
15average every 1.97 hours; and
16 WHEREAS, Nearly 200,000 guns are reported stolen, lost, or
17missing in the United States every year; and
18 WHEREAS, Freight logistics security organizations recorded
19754 cargo thefts throughout the United States in 2015; and

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1 WHEREAS, The safety and security of our communities should
2be at the forefront of legislative measures; therefore, be it
3 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
4HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
5urge Congress to strengthen national freight laws for cars
6carrying firearms across state lines; and be it further
7 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
8delivered to the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
9Firearms, and Explosives and the members of the Illinois
10congressional delegation.