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HOUSE RESOLUTION



2 WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives would like

3to encourage the United States Congress to pass House 
4Resolution 38, which
would require states to allow gun owners 
5to carry their firearms
without a permit unless his or her 
6state of residence requires
one; and


7 WHEREAS, Illinois was the 50th and final state to adopt

8concealed carry legislation in 2013, and as of 2017, there are

9over 15 million concealed handgun permits in the United States; 
10and


11 WHEREAS, Eleven states do not require residents to possess

12a permit to carry a firearm: Montana, Alaska, Idaho,
Arizona, 
13Kansas, Mississippi, Maine, Vermont, West Virginia,
Arkansas, 
14and Wyoming; and


15 WHEREAS, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Texas each have over 
16one
million residents with concealed carry permits, and it is

17believed that concealed carry permits stop hundreds of crimes

18each year; and



19 WHEREAS, In 2016, Chicago had 762 murders and 3,550

20shooting incidents that included 4,331 shooting victims; it is

21apparent in looking at Chicago (which has some of the strictest

 
 
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1gun control laws in the country, but highest murder rates) that

2gun control laws do not work; therefore, be it


3 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
4HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
5encourage the 115th United States Congress to pass House 
6Resolution 38 to allow
gun owners to carry their firearms in 
7every state without a
permit unless his or her state of 
8residence requires one; and be it further


9 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
10delivered to all members of the 115th United States Congress.