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HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Gun violence is an epidemic in America and in
3Illinois, touching all parts of the State; and
4 WHEREAS, The legislative and executive branches of the
5State have lawfully regulated guns and gun trafficking; and
6 WHEREAS, The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the
7constitutionality of reasonable state gun violence prevention
8regulations; Conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito
9stated in the McDonald decision that state "experimentation
10with reasonable firearms regulations will continue under the
11Second Amendment"; and
12 WHEREAS, President Trump's administration appears to be
13willfully ignoring the problem of gun violence in America, and
14at the same time, is attempting to coerce municipal police
15forces into diverting their resources towards harassing
16immigrant populations; some municipalities have lawfully
17opposed having their local law enforcement used for such
18purposes and have been dubbed "sanctuary cities"; and
19 WHEREAS, Some counties in Illinois have erroneously tried
20to liken the cause of a sanctuary city with opposition to gun
21violence prevention measures by declaring themselves "gun

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1sanctuary counties", thereby declaring their intention to
2refuse to enforce any gun safety measures lawfully passed by
3the State with which they disagree; and
4 WHEREAS, These counties are trying to use those lawful
5sanctuary cities as an excuse to unlawfully ignore important,
6democratically-implemented, state laws; and
7 WHEREAS, These so-called "gun sanctuary counties" are
8nothing more than scofflaw counties, usurping the judiciary and
9role of separation of powers in our government, while openly
10encouraging criminal behavior; therefore, be it
11 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
12HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
13condemn these scofflaw counties and declare their attempts to
14label themselves as "gun sanctuaries" as an unconstitutional
15and shameless political stunt which undermines the rule of law
16and threatens the safety of all Illinois citizens.