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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The proliferation of illegally-acquired firearms | ||||||
| 3 | are destroying lives and hurting the public perception of the | ||||||
| 4 | City of Chicago and our State, which has had a detrimental | ||||||
| 5 | effect on our economy; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Chicago Police Department recovered more than | ||||||
| 7 | 50,000 illegal guns between 2001 and 2012; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, In 2012, 87% of murders committed in the City of | ||||||
| 9 | Chicago were caused by gun violence; in 2013, 1,864 shootings | ||||||
| 10 | occurred within the City; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly must | ||||||
| 12 | do all that we can to ensure that the City of Chicago and the | ||||||
| 13 | State at large are safe and stable places for our citizens to | ||||||
| 14 | live, work, and play; therefore, be it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 16 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 17 | there is created the House Illegal Gun Trafficking Task Force | ||||||
| 18 | to develop a bold and comprehensive plan, including legislative | ||||||
| 19 | proposals, to disrupt the flow of illegal guns in the State of | ||||||
| 20 | Illinois; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall assess the following | ||||||
| 2 | measures: | ||||||
| 3 | (1) the necessary levels of coordination, funding, and | ||||||
| 4 | interdepartmental and State/federal cooperation for effective | ||||||
| 5 | gun trafficking interdiction; | ||||||
| 6 | (2) the legal framework necessary for getting guns off | ||||||
| 7 | the streets, including the examination of current gunrunning, | ||||||
| 8 | straw purchasing, and unlicensed dealer penalties and their | ||||||
| 9 | interaction with city, State, and federal policies; and | ||||||
| 10 | (3) the feasibility of Office of Juvenile Justice and | ||||||
| 11 | Delinquency Prevention and Department of Justice anti-violence | ||||||
| 12 | programs that have worked in other similarly situated states | ||||||
| 13 | and cities, including after-school programs and job readiness, | ||||||
| 14 | that are peer-reviewed and cost-effective; and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall be | ||||||
| 16 | appointed by the Speaker and Minority Leader of the Illinois | ||||||
| 17 | House of Representatives in equal numbers; and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois State Police shall provide | ||||||
| 19 | administrative and other support to the Task Force; and be it | ||||||
| 20 | further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall submit a report of its | ||||||
| 22 | findings to the General Assembly on or before November 1, 2014; | ||||||
| 23 | and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That we declare an Illegal Gun Trafficking State | ||||||
| 2 | of Emergency in the State of Illinois; and be it further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That the members of this body recognize the | ||||||
| 4 | inextricable links between illegal guns, gangs, and drugs and | ||||||
| 5 | urge the members of the Task Force to work with existing Task | ||||||
| 6 | Forces like the House Task Force on Heroin Crisis to combat | ||||||
| 7 | this growing menace; and be it further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 9 | delivered to the Governor and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
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